A suspicious device was removed by the NYPD Bomb Squad after it was found outside a police precinct in East Harlem Wednesday afternoon, police said.
The suspicious device was removed and cleared by the NYPD , after it was initially discovered shortly before 12:30 p.m. on 119th Street near Park Avenue. The block was cordoned off as a precaution.
The possible explosive device prompted a neighborhood lockdown. It all started as a dispute outside the precinct when uniformed officers were approached by two cousins in a van. The driver said that he was the victim of a domestic assault that took place in the van when the passenger, who is his cousin, allegedly attacked him with a machete, according to police. The machete was found inside the vehicle and police took the passenger into the station.
The device was described by police as a “potentially viable improvised explosive device" and"capable of causing death or serious injury to anyone in proximity and property damage” if real. Investigators are still working to determine if it is capable of exploding.Kemoree Bryant, who witnessed the bomb squad responding to the scene, said she was getting her hair done nearby when she heard all the commotion.
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