Crime & Safety
Briefcase Full Of Clothes Prompts La Vergne Walmart Evacuation
A suspicious package that caused an evacuation at the La Vergne Walmart turned out to be a "briefcase full of clothes," police say.
LA VERGNE, TN -- The Tennessee Highway Patrol's bomb squad was called to the Walmart on Murfreesboro Road in La Vergne after someone reported a suspicious package in the store's parking lot. The package turned out to be a briefcase full of clothes left near a trashcan.
A shopper reported a suspicious package at 2 p.m. Wednesday, bringing out the La Vergne Police and, eventually, the troopers.
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The store itself and the parking lot were evacuated for a few hours during the investigation.
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