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Suspicious Powder Sent To Rep. Ritchie Torres’ Bronx Office In Latest Mail Scare Targeting New York Democratic Pols
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
2
First seen
Oct 16, 4:10 PM EDT
updated Oct 16, 4:10 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by Bronx Times-Reporter and AM New York, not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Suspicious powder sent to Rep. Ritchie Torres’ Bronx office in latest mail scare targeting New York Democratic pols · Bronx Times-ReporterOct 16, 4:10 PM EDT
Suspicious powder sent to Rep. Ritchie Torres’ Bronx office in latest mail scare targeting New York Democratic pols · AM New York · the same story as an earlier source: it counts onceOct 16, 4:10 PM EDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
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How We Decided
Oct 16, 5:01 PM EDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 16, 5:16 PM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.