DeKalb County

Suspicious package found at Oglethorpe University not explosive, police say

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Brookhaven police are investigating after they found what they thought was a suspicious package at Oglethorpe University.

According to police, students and faculty were notified and portions of the campus were closed. It happened just after 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.


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Channel 2's Justin Wilfon talked to police about what happened.

The DeKalb County Bomb Squad assisted Brookhaven police.  

Channel 2 Action News learned that the package was found in a lobby.

A portion of the campus was still under evacuation as of Wednesday at noon.

The area was roped off after the bomb squad determined what was in the package was not an explosive.

They would not tell Wilfon what the package looked like, but they said it was the manner in which it was dropped off in the admissions office that raised some red flags.

It was delivered by any kind of normal package delivery service.

The DeKalb County Bomb Squad was called in.  They did an x-ray on the package and they determined what was in the package was not any kind of explosive.

Despite the evacuation of the admissions office, a school spokesperson activities on campus are operating as normal.