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Suspicious Package Prompts Evacuation Of County Hall Of Records

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The Los Angeles County Hall of Records downtown was evacuated Thursday morning after a suspicious package was found near building.

A briefcase was found in some bushes outside the building around 8:45 a.m., sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.

The sheriff's bomb squad was sent to the located at 320 W. Temple Street. Officials later determined that the briefcase was not explosive.

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