OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma City police say a suspicious box found at a utility company's substation that caused police to shut down a busy highway was not an explosive device.
U.S. 77 - also known as Broadway Extension - was shut down about noon Wednesday after Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. employees found a fence cut and a box with what appeared to be a threatening note attached.
Capt. Patrick Stewart says the box turned out to be a toolbox left at the scene by a contractor. The roadway that connects Oklahoma City with the suburb of Edmond was reopened shortly after 2 p.m.
Police said earlier that the note appeared to have the word "boom" written on it.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma City police have shut down a busy highway after a threatening letter was found at an Oklahoma Gas and Electric substation.
Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow says U.S. 77, also known as the Broadway Extension, was shut down shortly after noon Wednesday. Wardlow says the police bomb squad responded to the substation on the city's north side.
Wardlow says a fence around the substation was found to be cut and a note in a nearby toolbox had the word "boom" written on it.
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