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Accordion Found in Suspicious Box That Evacuated Grand Island School

Grand-Island-PoliceGRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A suspicious package that turned out to be an accordion in a box led to the evacuation of 900 students and staff members from a Grand Island school.

Capt. Robert Falldorf says a school safety officer was contacted Wednesday after a staff member spotted a suspicious box in the Walnut Middle School band room.

A school safety officer was contacted who agreed the school should be evacuated as a precaution.

All students and staff walked to Grand Island Senior High, a few blocks north.

A call to Grand Island Police came in around 1:50 p.m. Nebraska State Patrol and the Grand Island Fire Department both responded to the scene. After investigating the claim, officials found an accordion in the box.

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