Suspicious package near University Academy contains only books
Classes at a Kansas City school resumed Wednesday morning after the police department’s bomb squad determined that a suspicious package left nearby contained only books.
The bomb squad responded to University Academy shortly before 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. The package had been found outside the charter school in the 6800 block of Holmes Road, said Superintendent Tony Kline.
“We had a box left in a weird spot, where our buses come onto campus,” Kline said. “It had a note that said ‘books for library’ but it was just a weird place for that box to be.”
As a precaution, school security staff called Kansas City police and set up a perimeter around the school, Kline said. The bomb squad robot examined the package and determined no threat existed, Kline said.
Robert A. Cronkleton and Glenn E. Rice, The Star
This story was originally published April 29, 2015 at 7:52 AM with the headline "Suspicious package near University Academy contains only books."