A suspicious device shaped like a grenade found near the NYC Marathon finish line in Central Park was deemed not hazardous, NYPD says.
NEW YORK -- A suspicious device that prompted a police response in Central Park near the TCS New York City Marathon's finish line is not hazardous, the NYPD said Friday.The device was shaped like a grenade and found Friday morning on a table by West 68th Street and West Drive, hours before the race's opening ceremony. Police officers and the bomb squad responded at around 10:30 a.m. Friday and determined the device was not a threat, but did not say specifically what it was.
Security scare days before New York City MarathonRunners out training for the marathon were uneasy over the bomb scare, but said they're thankful for the NYPD's work. 'I was just doing kind of like a shake out run like everyone else. I was just planning on going to the finish line to just take pictures and stuff. But now I guess that's not happening today,' Lucia Rodriguez said. 'There a lot of unrest.
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