Calls from security guards about a suspicious package led to the evacuation of a major Silver Spring shopping district for hours and frustrated commuters on Thursday evening.

Police said the mysterious bag ended up being nothing more than a nearly empty suitcase, which the bomb squad later exploded in a controlled detonation as a precaution.

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