Residents are being evacuated from the area of 1301 W. Lakeview Ave. after Pensacola police received calls about a potential bomb.
PPD spokesperson Mike Wood said bomb squad is en route to the scene after officers located a “suspicious backpack.”
Further information was not released.
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This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Pensacola police are evacuating portions of Lakeview Avenue after potential bomb threat
Reporting by Benjamin Johnson, Pensacola News Journal / Pensacola News Journal
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