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SUPERIOR — A suspicious package that shut down the Superior Costco and its parking lot Monday afternoon turned out to be nothing more than a piñata.
About 12:30 p.m., a shopper at Costco, 600 Marshall Road, reported seeing a green Ford Explorer or Mountaineer leave a package in the parking lot. The caller said the package was “partially burned and had wires protruding from it,” according to the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office.
Another customer parked her car on top of the package and told deputies she thought there was a bomb beneath her car, officials said.
The Boulder County bomb squad used a robot to open the package. “It turned out to be a piñata,” said Cmdr. Rick Brough.
By 2:30 p.m., the parking lot and store had reopened. Daily Camera
