Updated: 2 suspicious devices removed from west Wichita hotel room

Updated 1:05 p.m.: Wichita police say they took two suspicious-looking devices out of a hotel room in west Wichita on Monday morning. A maintenance man who went to clean the third-floor room at Woodspring Suites, 7525 W. Taft, found them at around 10:30 a.m. and called for help, said Officer Charley Davidson, spokesman for the Wichita Police Department.

Wichita police officers and members of the agency’s explosive ordinance disposal team responded to the scene, near Maple and Ridge. They removed the devices from the room and “rendered them safe,” Davidson said. He would not describe what the devices were made of or what they looked like early Monday afternoon.

Davidson said authorities were looking around the room for other devices. The hotel and parking lot were closed Monday during the search, he said.

Two people checked out of the room where the devices were discovered sometime on Sunday, Davidson said. Police are currently try to find them and who else was there, he said.

Original story: Wichita police are investigating a report of a suspicious-looking device found in the 7500 block of West Taft late Monday morning.

Details on what the device is and how it was discovered where not immediately released. The address is near Maple and Ridge in Wichita.

Police are asking people to avoid the area until the situation is resolved.

This is a developing news story. Check Kansas.com later today for updates as they become available from the Wichita Police Department.

This story was originally published September 11, 2017 at 12:12 PM with the headline "Updated: 2 suspicious devices removed from west Wichita hotel room."