SOUTH FULTON, Ga. - Police mistakenly identified a device found at a U.S. Postal Service facility as a real explosive on Thursday.

The buidling was evacuated at 125 Villanova Drive after workers saw a “suspicious device” and called authorities.

The Atlanta Police Department’s bomb squad safely removed the package shortly before 10 a.m. for evaluation.

New details emerge about plan to shoot up Atlanta airport

The man accused of threatening to “shoot up” the Atlanta airport is now facing federal charges, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia said.

According to police, an X-ray scan by Dobbins Air Reserve Base officials “yielded concerning results.” At around noon, officers said the device “was determined to be a real explosive.”

But after they conducted a controlled de

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