Trump Tower in New York City was evacuated on Tuesday afternoon after a “suspicious package” was found in the lobby, according to authorities. Shortly after 5 p.m. local time, the New York Police Department reported that the situation at Trump Tower was “all clear.” The package was a bag with children’s toys, authorities said. President-elect Donald Trump is currently in Florida. The NYPD bomb squad responded to the situation “out of an abundance of caution,” J. Peter Donald, NYPD’s assistant commissioner for communication and public information, wrote on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon. Trump Tower is a 58-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan on Fifth Avenue between 56th and 57th streets. The skyscraper is currently used as the headquarters for the Trump Organization, houses Trump’s primary residence, and has been the primary site of Trump’s presidential transition efforts since his November election victory. Traffic grinded to a halt after the evacuation on Tuesday afternoon, according to New York Times reporter Sarah Maslin Nir, who reported that police closed Madison Avenue between 55th and 58th streets.
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WATCH: Police quickly evacuated people from Trump Tower earlier Tuesday due to a suspicious package; the package has since been cleared. pic.twitter.com/wxOIsVwzWm — NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) December 27, 2016 @writefreedom09 pic.twitter.com/A0wAeibTFo — Cielo (@cielo_celest) December27, 2016 Police are pushing touristsand reporters alike down the block, away from Trump Tower, whichwas just evacuated pic.twitter.com/Cn7YUsp7Et — Noah Hurowitz (@NoahHurowitz) December27, 2016 Police are pushing touristsand reporters alike down the block, away from Trump Tower, whichwas just evacuated pic.twitter.com/Cn7YUsp7Et This story is developing. Click here for updates. Here are some videos from the scene:
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