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Pressure Cooker Empty, Business Returns To Normal

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (CBS4)- A business center in Wheat Ridge was evacuated on Friday afternoon after a pressure cooker was found in the shopping center parking lot. Less than two hours later the scene was cleared after the pressure cooker turned up empty.

People were urged to stay away from the Applewood Shopping Center just after 2 p.m.

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The shopping center located at 3540 Youngfield St. was evacuated.

Police investigated the suspicious package which was a pressure cooker.

The scene was cleared and the pressure cooker was found to be empty and deemed harmless just before 4 p.m.

Who left the pressure cooker there and why is unknown.

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