Suspicious package reported at outlet store off I-85 in DeKalb County ‘not a threat’

The DeKalb County Police Department’s bomb squad says a call about a suspicious package on Thursday afternoon turned out to not be a threat.

NewsChopper 2 flew over the parking lot of Home Center Outlet on Northeast Expressway off Interstate 85.

You could see several police and bomb squad vehicles.

Police say after examining the package, it was determined not to be a threat. They did not comment on what was in the package.

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