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Suspicious Package Closes Part of Constitution Ave. For Hours
posted 2:06 pm Sat November 15, 2008
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WASHINGTON - A suspicious package shut down Constitution Ave. between 12th and 14th Streets in NW for several hours Saturday, D.C. Fire confirms.
The package was found in the ballroom at Melon Auditorium where a black tie affair for special dignitaries is to take place Saturday evening, according to sources at the scene.
Hazmat crews and the FBI (web) were on the scene. No information pertaining to the contents of the package has been released at this time.
Constitution Ave. has since reopened.
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