Downtown Miami cut short its Fourth of July fireworks show Thursday night after a bomb scare prompted police to clear out a nearby road, briefly sending pedestrians fleeing before the situation calmed down.
“It’s a major disappointment for a lot of people,” said Commissioner Joe Carollo, chairman of the Bayfront Park trust that puts on the annual show, one of the largest in Miami-Dade County. He said a fireworks show scheduled to last 15 minutes ended at about after seven minutes after city police instructed the launches to stop.
Jose Solano, the park’s executive director, said city police told him to halt the show after officers discovered a suspicious package nearby.
“It’s disappointing,” Solano said. “I understand. They’ve got to do their jobs.”
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