{"id":239035,"date":"2026-04-07T17:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/239035\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:31:13","slug":"suspicious-package-investigation-shuts-down-part-of-downtown-dallas-causing-major-traffic-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/239035\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspicious package investigation shuts down part of Downtown Dallas, causing major traffic delays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dallas police are investigating a suspicious package Tuesday morning in the 900 block of Pacific Avenue, prompting road closures, major traffic delays and widespread disruptions to public transit in downtown.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are urging drivers to avoid the area as officers work the scene. Significant delays are expected, and commuters are advised to take alternate routes.<\/p>\n<p>For those traveling through downtown, officials recommend using Ross Avenue or Commerce Street for east-west travel, and Griffin Street or Houston Street for north-south routes.<\/p>\n<p>Public transportation has also been impacted. Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) said bus and rail passengers should expect delays due to police activity in the downtown area.<\/p>\n<p>The CBD West Transfer Center and West End Station are currently closed. Trains are turning back at Pearl\/Arts District, Deep Ellum, Victory and EBJ Union stations.<\/p>\n<p>Shuttle buses are available to assist passengers traveling through downtown, and riders are encouraged to look for DART staff on platforms for assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Police have not released details about the nature of the package.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The investigation remains ongoing, and updates are expected as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas police are investigating a suspicious package Tuesday morning in the 900 block of Pacific Avenue, prompting road&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19471,102,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-239035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-bomb-threat","tag-dallas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}