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Wing of Fayetteville VA hospital closed after threat
A wing of the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center was shut down briefly Thursday morning after someone reported a suspicious package.
Posted — UpdatedFAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A wing of the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center was shut down briefly Thursday morning after someone reported a suspicious package, Cumberland County authorities said.
Emergency response teams responded to the hospital, at 2300 Ramsey St., around 11 a.m. and cordoned off a wing of the hospital's main campus, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Authorities said that they found no threat to the hospital.
Operations in other parts of the medical center were not affected.
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