Updated: 2:09 PM CST February 23, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS A HAZMAT team has responded to a Minneapolis federal building after an employee found a white powdery substance in a letter or mailed-in application, city fire officials said.
According to Minneapolis Fire Department spokesperson Melanie Rucker, an employee of the city s Federal Building on 212 3rd Avenue South found the substance Tuesday. The fire department s HAZMAT team was dispatched to the building, where Rucker said they are working to identify the substance.
According to the U.S. General Services Administration s website, the building houses offices for passport services, Housing and Urban Development and the National Labor Relations Board.
The St. Cloud Police Department’s SWAT Team detained the man on Wednesday at 1:50 p.m. outside his apartment complex, located in the 3700 block of West. St. Germain Street.