LAPD bomb squad investigates near campus, DPS closes campus entrances

An “unidentified package” found outside USC’s campus this morning prompted a police investigation.

The details of the package are unknown, but it led to a visit from the Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad, which sent a truck to the scene and closed off areas surrounding USC. Officers swarmed 30th Street between Hoover Ave. and University Ave., just north of the University Park Campus.

USC TrojansAlert, the school’s emergency notification system, alerted students, faculty, and staff to the investigation at 11:29 this morning. Trojans were warned to “stay away from the area.” The campus Department of Public Safety announced the investigation concluded just after 1 p.m., at which point 30th Street reopened…

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