Police shut down Colorado Springs post office due to incident
Update: The powder on the suspicious package that caused a Colorado Springs post office to close and the surrounding street to be blocked off turned out to be pre-workout powder, a workout supplement.
“What they did find this to be is a package that was manufactured and originated in Korea. It was some type of pre-workout package,” said Capt. Brian Vaughan with the Colorado Springs Fire Department.
Police shut down 8th street for hours while they investigated this scene, deterring many parents dropping their kids off for school.
“When we were driving up, we saw all the police activity and got a little curious as to what was going on again in my town,” said one grandmother who wishes to remain anonymous. She told us she is tired of the violence and crime she has seen in Colorado Springs.
The postal inspector told us the heightened response is necessary for the few times these incident turn into something dangerous. With the recent rash of dangerous packages around the country, they say they just can’t be too careful.
“Certainly we’re on heightened awareness lately in addition to all the recent incidents we have had with all the suspicious packages the mail devices that we saw last week,” said Inspector Manuel.
Business has resumed at the post office.
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Colorado Springs police closed the post office on 8th Street and blocked off the road between Arcturus and Brookside due to an incident Thursday morning.
Police tell KRDO that a suspicious package with white powder was found. Police say employees who came in contact with the powder felt itchy and were being seen by firefighters. All post office employees were evacuated.
