Overview
- The suspicious package was discovered in the mailroom before 10:30 a.m. local time and was reportedly unlabeled with no return address.
- An internal AZCOURTS alert said initial testing indicated homemade explosives, prompting an immediate evacuation and closure of the State Courts Building and nearby parking lots.
- All employees were sent home to work remotely as authorities remove the package and conduct a comprehensive sweep with no reopening estimate provided.
- ATF Phoenix confirmed it is on scene, Arizona’s Department of Public Safety is reported to be leading the probe, and Phoenix police are assisting with traffic control.
- Separately, a bomb threat investigated in Queen Creek earlier in the day was deemed a hoax, and officials have not indicated any connection to the court incident.