Boston University building evacuated after suspicious package delivered to employee
A Boston University building was evacuated Monday afternoon after a report of a suspicious package, according the campus police.
BU ALERT: BUPD and Boston Police are investigating a suspicious package at 1 Silber Way and have evacuated the building as a precaution. We are asking people to avoid the area. https://t.co/GcAEvWToto
— BU Police Department (@BUPolice) September 26, 2022
The package was found at 1 Silber Way and BU Police asked the public to avoid the area.
The scene was cleared shortly before 6:00 p.m.
According to Boston University Police Department Chief Kelly Nee, a package was delivered to a staff member. After noticing that there were wires in the package, the female staff member immediately called police, according to Nee. BU and Boston police evacuated the building after seeing the package and waited for the bomb squad to determine that it was not explosive.
“It is very nerve racking it seems like we are going through this every single day and to be so disruptive to the education environment people working and it is concerning you just don’t know we have to take all of these things very seriously,” said Nee.
The device was delivered to a specific employee on the eighth floor with no return address.
Esha Tupe, a BU student, told Boston 25 that the report of a suspicious package on Northeastern’s campus earlier this month was on the forefront of her mind.
“My initial reaction was not again I was going to text my friends make sure everyone stayed clear,” said Tupe. “I was kind of really shocked because I was just in my dorm it is really close to here.”
Police are working to find out who sent the package.
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