Boston police detonated a suspicious suitcase left near a Homeland Security vehicle on Atlantic Avenue Friday. Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a person of interest in relation to the incident, and released a photo of that person on Friday afternoon. According to Boston police, officers responded at 9:50 a.m. to a radio call for a suspicious package on Atlantic Avenue. Officers were informed at the scene that a man had dropped a suitcase by the rear tire of a marked Department of Homeland Security vehicle, then quickly left the area, according to a BPD statement.
The department's explosive ordinance unit responded and performed a controlled detonation of the suitcase. Officers determined there was no additional threat to the public. An X-ray of the suitcase had shown wires and a ‘‘power source.'' |