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Suspicious package in downtown Memphis prompts scare, evacuations

Memphis Police said officers were called to the package on Main Street and Adams Avenue around 1:40 p.m., near the Federal Building
Credit: ABC24

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police are investigating a suspicious package in downtown Memphis, which caused the Federal Building downtown to be evacuated Wednesday afternoon.

According to Memphis Police, officers were called to a suspicious package near Main Street and Adams Avenue around 1:40 p.m. Wednesday. Officers later gave the all-clear, but not before the Federal Building downtown was forced to evacuate.

We're still gathering information on what led to the suspicious package being left near the building.

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