Police shut down a portion of Shattuck Avenue in North Berkeley on Wednesday afternoon after someone reported a beeping suitcase near some bushes.
At about 12:10 p.m., police got a call from someone who said there was a suitcase that was making a beeping sound behind some bushes on the 1700 block of Shattuck.
Officers closed down the block while the department’s bomb squad investigates, police reported at about 1:45 p.m. Pedestrian and vehicle traffic is being routed away from the police activity.
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