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Slidell Police say no threat from 'suspicious package'

Slidell Police had shut down West Hall Avenue between S. Carnation and S. Pine as a precaution.
Credit: Slidell Police
Slidell Police and the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office's bomb squad are on the scene of a suspicious package.

SLIDELL, La. — Slidell Police and the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office's bomb squad have given the all clear after being on the scene of a suspicious package Friday morning.

Slidell Police had shut down West Hall Avenue between S. Carnation and S. Pine as a precaution, but it was reopened. 

Police said that "although suspicious looking, the device posed no immediate threat and all agencies will be clearing the scene."

They said the matter is still under investigation as they think it is possible that someone may have intentionally tried to cause a disturbance.

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