A Northeast El Paso Walmart was evacuated Wednesday afternoon as the El Paso Police Department’s bomb squad unit was investigating a “suspicious item,” police said.
The police bomb squad unit responded to a report of a suspicious item about noon Wednesday at the Walmart located at 5631 Dyer St. near Fred Wilson Avenue in Northeast El Paso, police said.
The Walmart was evacuated “out of an abundance of caution,” police said.
No further information has been released.