Bomb scare in Seattle is over

Published 8:34 am Wednesday, March 4, 2009

SEATTLE — A bomb scare at the Federal Building in downtown Seattle is over.

Police spokeswoman Renee Witt says a bomb squad has handled a suspicious package that was reported at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday in a window well. Witt says there’s no immediate word on what it was.

Police have reopened a street that was closed as a precaution.