A suspicious package left outside the entrance to the Planned Parenthood office on Congress Street Tuesday turned out to be a shopping bag containing a box intended for art supplies.

Portland police said they reviewed security footage of the area and saw that the bag was dropped off around 11:30 a.m. by a man wearing a baseball cap and a long-sleeved shirt. The bag was reported around 1 p.m. to the police as suspicious.

The package appears in the doorway of the building at 433 Congress St., which is shared by Planned Parenthood.
The package appears in the doorway of the building at 433 Congress St., which is shared by Planned Parenthood.

Officers established a perimeter between Elm and Temple streets, and closed the Monument Square area to vehicle traffic.

The Portland police bomb squad, known as the hazardous devices unit, arrived about 2:30 p.m., parked near the scene and deployed a robot.

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