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Suspicious Package Forces Walmart Evacuation
Turns out it was an abandoned lunch box.
By Bay City News
A suspicious package that evacuated a Gilroy Walmart for about two hours this afternoon turned out to be a lunchbox left behind, a police sergeant said.
The lunchbox was reported as a suspicious package left at a McDonald's restaurant inside the store in the 7100 block of Camino Arroyo at about 3 p.m., Sgt. Pedro Espinoza said.
The store was voluntary evacuated as a precaution. Gilroy police swept the building and the Santa Cruz County bomb squad responded and X-rayed the package.
It was determined to be a lunchbox, and the store reopened at about 5:15 p.m.
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