Trump Tower stands along 5th Avenue in Manhattan (Spencer Platt/Getty)
Trump Tower in New York City was evacuated after a suspicious package was found in the building’s lobby, according to multiple reports. No one was injured and the all clear has been given.
NYPD is investigating a suspicious package at or near Trump Tower. FDNY has been called to stage and standby.
.@NYPDnews source tells me #TrumpTower evacuation was sparked by a suspicious package. Investigation ongoing.
UPDATE: Unattended yellow backpack sparked the evacuation of #trumptower. All clear.
BREAKING: Police say so-called suspicious package that spurred Trump Tower evacuation was a bag containing children’s toys
President-Elect Donald Trump is currently in Florida at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, according to the press pool covering the transition.
NYPD spokesman J. Peter Donald said on Twitter, “Out of an abundance of caution, NYPD Bomb Squad is responding to a suspicious package in the lobby of Trump Tower.” He then said in a follow-up tweet three minutes later, “All clear at Trump Tower following the earlier suspicious package in the lobby.”
The building was evacuated about 4:30 p.m., and the all clear was given about 5:05 p.m.
A video taken by a witness, which you can watch below, shows police ushering people out of the building:
Other witnesses also tweeted from the scene:
Just rushed out of trump tower. No one knows what is going on. Hope everyone is ok
Sitting inside trump towers next thing ya know everyone is yelling and being evacuated from the building
In follow-up tweets, Abrams told reporters “they just told us to get out of the building … nobody knows (why), police just started screaming ‘everyone out'”
NBC News’ Tom Winter tweeted that the suspicious package was found in a public area:
The area where the bag was found in Trump Tower is in the public space. This is not where inside the protected perimeter or living area.
MSNBC’s Cal Perry was outside Trump Tower as police attempted to move people away:
JUST IN: Trump Tower lobby has been evacuated t.co/e92VHdwbR1
The NYPD and FDNY responded to the scene. Security in and surrounding the Trump-owned building on Fifth Avenue between 56th and 57th streets in Manhattan has increased since Trump was elected.
You can read about the evacuation of Trump Tower in Spanish at our sister site, AhoraMismo.com, at the link below:
