Carnegie Mellon in Pa. lifts evacuation of 3 buildings after threat; search finds nothing
By APFriday, January 22, 2010
Evacuation ended after threat at Carnegie Mellon
PITTSBURGH — Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh has lifted an evacuation of three buildings after an unspecified security threat.
Campus spokesman Ken Walters says the school received a phoned-in threat about noon Friday but reopened the buildings about 2:30 p.m.
Walters didn’t know that the threat was. Police searched the buildings, but didn’t find anything threatening.
The school alerted students to leave using a text messaging system that sends warnings to cell phones.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh has evacuated three buildings on campus because of an unspecified and — so far — unconfirmed security threat.
The school alerted students to leave the buildings using a text messaging system that sends warnings to cell phones. Pittsburgh and campus police were on the scene early Friday afternoon.
Police have not said what led to the evacuations. Campus spokesman Ken Walters says only that an “unconfirmed security threat” was received late Friday morning.
The school has evacuated three classroom buildings so police dogs and officers can search them. Walters says the evacuations began around noon.
