The entrance at Hamilton Place mall near Piccadilly Cafeteria was locked down for about 90 minutes Monday afternoon when security personnel found a “suspicious bag,” mall officials said.
A security officer called the Chattanooga Police Department about 1 p.m.
Chattanooga police sent in a bomb-sniffing K-9 and determined that there were no explosives in the shopping bag, according to police spokeswoman Sgt. Jerri Weary.
Further examination of the bag turned up sales papers, an empty box and other shopping paraphernalia, she said.
Mall spokeswoman Catherine Pangratz said only the one mall entrance was closed.