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OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma City Police Department’s Bomb Squad is responding to an area on the city’s northeast side after flares and blasting caps were found near a library.
Officials responded to the scene near N.E. 23rd and MLK just before 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
Oklahoma City police tell KFOR the Ralph Ellison Library has been evacuated and MLK is shut down.
Investigators say a man was cleaning out a shed and found a bag of blasting caps and flares. Officials say he was taking them to a nearby fire station when he saw a police officer and flagged him down in the library’s parking lot.
Drivers are encouraged to find a different route.
The bomb squad is responding to the scene as a precaution.
