UPDATE: "Suspicious Device" Detonated at Red Arrow Park
Posted: Sep 24, 2015 5:50 PM CDT | Updated: Sep 24, 2015 7:55 PM CDT
Milwaukee Police are investigating a suspicious device that was found on Thursday at about 2:30 PM at Red Arrow Park in downtown Milwaukee.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms or ATF was on scene in bomb suits inspecting the device. ATF x-rayed the package and eventually detonated the device around 4:45 PM.
Authorities tell CBS 58 reporter April Dovorany the suspicious package was a plastic case with a watch and wires around it.
According to police, the case has been neutralized and rendered safe.
Traffic was blocked on Water St. for a few hours, but is back open.