Crime & Safety

Suspicious Package At Inslee's Office Prompts Evacuations

One person has been detained.

OLYMPIA, WA-- A person was detained Monday at the capitol campus after a suspicious package was left at Gov. Jay Inslee's office.

The incident was reported around 2 p.m. and prompted evacuations of the governor's staff, according to the Washington State Patrol.

A bomb squad was called to the scene and it was cleared around 2:30 p.m.

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