The Brief
- Dallas police cordoned off a section of downtown Tuesday to investigate a suspicious SUV parked near the West End district.
- The bomb squad used a controlled charge to open the vehicle’s rear gate and recovered a sword from inside.
- An all-clear was issued at 1:30 p.m., ending a campus lockdown and reopening local roads, though the investigation is ongoing.
DALLAS – Dallas police have given the all-clear after a suspicious package investigation involving a vehicle at a busy downtown intersection triggered a campus lockdown and significant traffic delays on Tuesday afternoon.
Suspicious package in Downtown Dallas
What we know:
At approximately 12:00 p.m. on April 7, 2026, officers responded to the intersection of Lamar and Elm streets following reports of a suspicious package. The preliminary investigation revealed a vehicle parked in the middle of the road with a suspicious item visible inside.…