Press Release - Suspicious Item - July 10, 2021

Mount Pleasant S.C. - Officers responded to a call for a suspicious item underneath the Ravenel Bridge around 1120 am. As a precaution the Ravenel Bridge was closed in both directions and the Mount Pleasant Waterfront Park was evacuated and closed. The Charleston Police Dept. Bomb Squad investigated the item and deemed it safe. The Ravenel Bridge opened back up around 1:56 pm and the Waterfront Park opened back up around 2:33 pm. We appreciate the public avoiding area and the partnership of all the agencies that came together to assist. These agencies were the Mount Pleasant Fire Department, Charleston Police and Fire Departments, and Charleston County EMS, Rescue, and Consolidated Dispatch Center. The Mount Pleasant Police Department has the item secured and is continuing to investigate this incident