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Charlottesville police detonate suspicious package on the Downtown Mall PA suspicious object was discovered and detonated by police on Charlottesvilleâs Downtown Mall early Saturday morning. (Source: Associated Press) By CJ Paschall | February 27, 2021 at 2:49 PM EST - Updated February 27 at 2:49 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - A suspicious object was discovered and detonated by police on Charlottesvilleâs Downtown Mall early Saturday morning.
The Charlottesville Fire and Police Departments were contacted about a suspicious device just before 6 a.m. in the 100 block of 4th Street SE. After securing the area and investigating, the Virginia State Police were called in for a controlled detonation of the device. The remains of the object are being examined in the VSP Division of Forensic Science to determine what exactly it was.