CUDAHY — Students and staff evacuated JE Jones Elementary School in Cudahy on Thursday morning after police received a report of a suspicious package outside the school.
The area was temporarily secured while the Cudahy Police Department assessed the situation, the police said in a statement.
Students and staff were evacuated from the school and were later reunited with their families.
Students were seen by TMJ4 leaving a church and getting onto Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) buses.
The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office and the FBI Explosive Ordnance Disposal Units (EOD) were requested.
Following an investigation, the suspicious package was determined not to be a threat and posed no danger to the public. The scene has been cleared.
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