Bomb Scare Prompts Evacuation at VA Hospital
A bomb scare-- over what proved to be a kitchen timer-- led to the evacuation of about 50 patients and employees of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Los Angeles early Sunday, as authorities detonated the timer, which had been left outside the emergency room by a person who ran from the building.
Sheriff’s investigators used a robot to place the timer in a trash container at a nearby parking lot before detonating it about 2:30 a.m., Deputy Rich Erickson said.
The hospital, which is located not far from the federal building on Wilshire Boulevard, was back in operation before 3 a.m., Erickson said.
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