West Palm Beach was momentarily caught in the grips of tension yesterday evening as a 911 call led to a full-scale response from the local police department’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit. Located along Rosemary Avenue in the vicinity of CityPlace – a bustling shopping district – the suspicious package drew swift attention from authorities, as reported by the West Palm Beach official website.
The call, coming in at around 7:25 p.m., led to a necessary but disruptive shutdown of roads and the evacuation of several businesses. The item, which was successfully removed without incident, was determined not to contain anything dangerous, according to the West Palm Beach Police Department…