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UTHSC gives all clear after evacuating due to bomb threat

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center gave the all clear about an hour after reporting the threat Wednesday afternoon.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has given the all clear and said activities are resuming as normal after a bomb threat on campus Wednesday afternoon .

UTHSC posted to social media about 3 p.m. that Memphis Police are responding to the threat in the area of the Crowe building. They asked everyone to stay away from the area.

According to UTHSC Police, they received a call at 12:36 p.m. from Memphis Police stating MPD dispatch had taken a call from a man saying he found a bomb in room 301 of one of the buildings on campus. UTHSC and MPD officers evacuated the buildings, deployed an MPD canine unit and conducted searches.

They said nothing had been found as of 3:20 p.m. Wednesday.

About an hour later, the school posted that the warnings have been canceled and, "Please resume all normal activities on the UTHSC campus.

Due to the manner in which the call was made, the caller's number and identity couldn't be determined.

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