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Package that prompted evacuation at Salem Marines recruitment center deemed safe

The Marion County Sheriff's Office received a report of a suspicious package left outside the building Tuesday morning. The package was deemed safe.
Credit: Marion County Sheriff's Office
The Marion County Sheriff's Office is investigating a report of a suspicious package left outside the U.S. Marines Corps Recruiting Center in Salem, Ore. on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019.

SALEM, Ore. — The U.S. Marines Corps Recruiting Center in Salem was briefly evacuated Tuesday morning while police investigated a report of a suspicious package.

The Marion County Sheriff's Office tweeted that the package was deemed safe and the evacuation was lifted at 10:36 a.m. 

Deputies received a report of a suspicious package left outside the building, located in the 3000 block of Lancaster Drive Northeast, around 9:30 a.m.

The package was a small cardboard box with a note attached to it.

The Oregon State Police bomb squad was called in to assess the package and determined that it contained "several eggs," according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office.

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