LAPD bomb squad investigates suspicious vehicle outside Hollywood police station

CBS News Los Angeles Live

Los Angeles Police Department officers investigated a bomb threat in Hollywood Friday afternoon, in front of the department's Hollywood police station, and found the threat not viable.

Police said around 12:50 p.m., a suspicious vehicle positioned itself outside of the Los Angeles Police Department Hollywood Station.  

Police said evacuations were ordered in the area of the 1300 block of Wilcox Avenue while bomb squad investigators worked at the site. The investigation ended around 5 p.m., with no threat found.

Los Angeles Police Department's bomb squad investigate a suspicious vehicle positioned outside LAPD Hollywood Station. KCALNews

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Julie Sharp

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach.