Authorities were able to get into parts of the suspicious vehicle but didn't release information about what was inside.
(Update 6:52): Atack said the perimeters of evacuation have been extended on Weaver Street.
The Durham County Bomb Squad is using a bomb robot to inspect the suspicious vehicle and to further ensure the safety of others. The suspicious package in the vehicle has not been determined.
Durham County Bomb Squad is in Carrboro to evaluate a suspicious a vehicle parked on West Weaver Street Thursday afternoon.
"As a result of potential safety threats from the vehicle we have asked people to evacuate from a certain perimeter and that perimeter is almost all of downtown Carrboro," Chris Atack, captain of operations for Carrboro Police Department said. "Of course it’s difficult, but we’re asking people to stay out of that corridor until we can determine that the vehicle isn’t a threat to anyone’s safety."
Downtown Carrboro locations that are currently being evacuated include North Greensboro and Shelton Streets, West Weaver and West Main Streets, Jones Ferry and West Main, South Greensboro and Roberson and East Main and Roberson Streets, according to Atack.
"Because it’s a vehicle and we have a suspicious package we want people outside of that corridor out of an overabundance of caution," he said.
It's unclear whether the vehicle and the incident that occurred on McCorkle Place are related, Atack said.
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