A Koreatown intersection was shut down Tuesday as the LAPD investigated a bomb threat near the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, eventually using a specialized truck to lift a patrol car to examine its underbelly.
Several streets along Wilshire Boulevard near South Hobart Boulevard and 6th Street remained closed Tuesday afternoon as an LAPD bomb squad continued to investigate the incident.
Details were still developing, but Sgt. David Budek at the Olympic station said an unknown suspect called in a threat against the temple at 3663 Wilshire Blvd. early Tuesday. That threat — which was confirmed by the temple on its Facebook page — "was taken care of" and cleared, Budek said.
Both calls appeared to have come from the same pay phone, Budek said.
The truck then lifted the car as the larger robot looked at the underneath the vehicle. It was not immediately clear what, if anything, the robot recovered.
And it was not immediately clear if the patrol car was used in the response to the initial threat made against the Wilshire Boulevard Temple.
According to its website, the temple is the oldest synagogue in Los Angeles. Its Wilshire Boulevard location also houses an elementary school.
The temple commented on the incident on its Facebook page, saying it received a bomb threat "specifically focused" on the facility early Tuesday and immediately closed the building.
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