LAPD patrol car searched for bomb

Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad members take a closer look at the underside of an LAPD patrol car with a robotic device after authorities received a call that a bomb had been planted in the vehicle on Harvard Boulevard near Wilshire Boulevard. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Dec. 18, 2012 5:37 PM PT

A Koreatown intersection was shut down Tuesday as the LAPD investigated a bomb threat near the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, eventually using a specialized truck to lift a patrol car to examine its underbelly.

Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad members take a closer look at the patrol car. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

LAPD bomb squad members unleash one of their bomb-sniffing dogs after a report was received that a bomb had been planted in an LAPD patrol car. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Concerned neighbors in the Koreatown neighborhood watch from a safe distance while a robotic device inspects an LAPD cruiser. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

LAPD bomb squad members take a closer look at a patrol car after authorities received a call that a bomb had been planted in the vehicle. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

LAPD bomb squad members and FBI agents walk with bomb-sniffing dogs along Wilshire Boulevard after authorities received a call that a bomb had been planted in an LAPD patrol car. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

LAPD patrol car searched for bomb

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