LOS ANGELES, CA. (THECOUNT) — The Griffith Observatory was evacuated on Saturday afternoon as a police bomb squad investigated a report of a suspicious package, authorities said.

Officers responded to the scene in Griffith Park shortly before 1 p.m. following a request from a park ranger, according to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson.

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