The University of Minnesota Police Department (UMPD) reported that a suspicious package was found outside of Walter Library, 117 Pleasant St. Wednesday afternoon in a SAFE-U alert sent to students and faculty at 4:24 p.m. 

UMPD reported they evacuated the building at 4:44 p.m. and asked students and faculty members to avoid the area until further notice while police moderated the situation. 

Nearly twenty minutes after evacuation, UMPD reopened Walter Library and the surrounding area, reporting that campus police found a suspicious device they determined not to be a threat.

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