All-clear given after bomb squad investigated suspicious item in Hancock Park

HANCOCK PARK, LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- A suspicious item inside a car parked on a sidewalk in Hancock Park prompted a bomb squad response and some evacuations on Tuesday, but nothing threatening was found in the vehicle.

Officers were dispatched around 9:30 a.m. to the 300 block of North La Brea Avenue to investigate.

Video from the location showed a car on the sidewalk on La Brea near Beverly Boulevard.

It was not immediately clear why the car was on the sidewalk.

A three-block stretch of La Brea was shut down, according to reports from the scene.

The vehicle was checked, and the all-clear was given by 12:30 p.m., police said.

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