Update, 4:30 p.m.: The Columbia Heights Metro station reopened at 3:20 p.m. Law enforcement officials investigated the package and determined it was safe, Metro said.
Update 2:42: The bomb scare that has temporarily closed the Columbia Heights Metro station comes from a suspicious package found at the intersection of 14th and Irving in Northwest, not inside the station, said Metro spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein.
Trains can still pass through the station but it is shut to riders entering and exiting. Metro is setting up shuttle service for those riders. It does not appear an actual bomb threat was involved, as Metro initially reported.
The Columbia Heights station on the Green and Yellow lines was closed about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to Metro, because of a bomb threat.
The transit agency will be running free shuttle buses to take any affected riders to nearby stations during the closure.
No additional details were immediately available, according to Metro spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein. The threat comes one day after Metro hosted a security drill that flooded stations with law enforcement officers.
