Major police response after box left outside NYC firehouse: ‘I think this is a bomb’
ByLarry Celona and
Amanda Woods
June 27, 2022 9:29am
Updated
According to police, an unidentified man walked up to FDNY Engine 290 on Sheffield Avenue near Livonia Avenue in Brownsville around 6:50 p.m. and left the box on the ground outside.
A man left a gun in a box outside a Brooklyn firehouse late Sunday – and sparked a major police response when he claimed it might be a bomb, cops said.
The unidentified man walked up to FDNY Engine 290 on Sheffield Avenue near Livonia Avenue in Brownsville around 6:50 p.m. and left the box on the ground outside, police said.
“I think this is a bomb,” he announced to those outside before before walking off, cops said.
The NYPD’s Bomb Squad was called to the scene, authorities said.
Police ultimately determined that a gun was inside.
The person who allegedly dropped off the box was still at large Monday morning.
