{"id":194363,"date":"2026-03-17T02:20:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T02:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/194363\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T02:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T02:20:26","slug":"gate-reopened-at-macdill-air-force-base-after-suspicious-package-fbi-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/194363\/","title":{"rendered":"Gate reopened at MacDill Air Force Base after suspicious package: FBI Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 FBI Tampa officials said normal gate operations have resumed at MacDill Air Force Base following an investigation into a suspicious package.<\/p>\n<p>At around 2 p.m. Monday, FBI Tampa officials said the Dale Mabry gate was closed while bomb techs investigated a package found near the MacDill AFB Visitors Center.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FBI Tampa is on the scene of a suspicious package reported at the MacDill AFB Visitors Center near the Dale Mabry entrance gate. Our Special Agent Bomb Techs are on scene along with Tampa Police. The Dale Mabry entrance gate is currently closed. Traffic to the AFB is being\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A8eZzqVgJO\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/A8eZzqVgJO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FBI Tampa (@FBITampa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBITampa\/status\/2033601830987391011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MacDill Air Force Base officials said the Dale Mabry gate and the visitor center were closed during the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>At around 6:30 p.m., FBI Tampa posted on social media that the package had been cleared, and normal gate operations had resumed.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UPDATE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#UPDATE<\/a>: The suspicious package discovered earlier today at MacDill AFB Visitor&#8217;s Center has been cleared from the scene. Traffic closures have lifted and normal entrance gate operations have resumed. This remains an ongoing FBI investigation. We will provide updates on social\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cPERYwN8lZ\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/cPERYwN8lZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FBI Tampa (@FBITampa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FBITampa\/status\/2033672659687358702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ANNETTE.GUTIERREZ.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wesley Chapel family hurt in golf cart crash; 8 hospitalized<\/p>\n<p>A Wesley Chapel family and a neighbor were ejected when their golf cart rolled over after colliding with a car driven by a 17-year-old. One person remains sedated in the ICU.<\/p>\n<p>Wesley Chapel family hurt in golf cart crash; 8 hospitalized<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 FBI Tampa officials said normal gate operations have resumed at MacDill Air Force Base following&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[205,90364,90365,276,89074,39045,135,3670,137,136,208],"class_list":["post-194363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-abc-action-news","tag-dale-mabry-gate-macdill","tag-gate-closure","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-macdill","tag-suspicious-package","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-bay-local-news","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-wfts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}