Crime & Safety

UMD's Kirwan Hall Evacuated After Suspicious Package Report

The suspicious packages at Kirwan Hall were deemed safe by authorities.

The suspicious packages at Kirwan Hall were deemed safe by authorities.
The suspicious packages at Kirwan Hall were deemed safe by authorities. (Image via Google Maps)

COLLEGE PARK, MD — The University of Maryland's Kirwan Hall has been reopened after a brief scare involving suspicious packages on Thursday.

The Prince George's County Fire Department tweeted at 1:09 p.m. that they had responded to Kirwan Hall -- also known as the Mathematics Building -- to investigate the report of a suspicious package.

Packages were deemed safe and police reopened campus buildings and roadways in the area.

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