Two streets in Lengthy Seaside had been shut down, and repair on a section of the Metro A Line suspended, Monday afternoon following a report of a suspicious gadget.
Officers responded round 3:20 p.m. to the 2400 block of Lengthy Seaside Boulevard, the place an individual at a development web site reported seeing a suspicious gadget, in accordance with Brandon Fahey, spokesman for the Lengthy Seaside Police Division.
Police evacuated the encompassing space, shutting down Lengthy Seaside Boulevard between East Hill and East Willow streets, and twenty fifth Road between Elm Avenue and Lengthy Seaside Boulevard, Fahey stated. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division bomb squad was on the scene, he stated.
In the meantime, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority introduced shortly after 4 p.m. that prepare service on the A Line — previously generally known as the Metro Blue Line — had been halted on Lengthy Seaside Boulevard between the Willow Road and Pacific Coast Freeway stations.
Bus shuttles have been requested, in accordance with the company.
