Suspicious item outside downtown Denver hotel deemed not dangerous

DENVER — A bomb squad was called to a hotel in downtown Denver Wednesday afternoon to check out a suspicious item.

The Denver Police Department (DPD) said on social media at 3:40 p.m. that officers were in the 1500 block of Court Place, where the Sheraton Denver Downtown is located, investigating a report of a suspicious item.

Police asked the public to avoid the area. 

At around 4:50 p.m., DPD said the bomb squad determined the item was not dangerous. 

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