TREVOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS
FROM THE LEWIS AND CLARK BRIDGE
THAT CONNECTS RAINIER TO
LONGVIEW.
IT IS CURRENTLY SHUT
DOWN
BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE
BACKPACKS HANGING FROM THE
BRIDGE ON THE OREGON SIDE.
EILEEN PARK HAS BEEN TALKING
WITH POLICE, GATHERING DETAILS.
SHE JOINS US ON THE PHONE.
WHAT IS THE LATEST YOU CAN TELL
US?
EILEEN: AROUND 9:30 THIS
MORNING, WITNESSES CALLED 911
SAYING THEY SAW AN OLDER WHITE
MAN WITH A GRAY BEARD LOWERING
THREE BACKPACKS ON THAT BRIDGE
AND THEN JUST WALKED AWAY.
THOSE BACKPACKS ARE DANGLING
ABOUT 15 FEET BELOW THE LEWIS
AND CLARK BRIDGE.
THE BOMB SQUAD HAS BEEN CALLED,
AND WE SAW IT A FEW MINUTES AGO
.
BOTH NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND
TRAFFIC HAS BEEN STOPPED.
AVOID THE AREA, IF POSSIBLE.
THE SUSPECT HAS NOT BEEN FOUND.
SUSPECTS BELIEVE --
INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE HE HAS A
1970'S CHEVY.
WE WILL BE KEEPING YOU UPDATED
ON THE SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE
AFTERNOON AND ON ALL SOCIAL
MEDIA PLATFORMS.
