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Police Evacuate Business School Buildings After Bomb Threat

UPDATED: May 18, 2016, at 2:30 p.m.

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Police evacuated several buildings at Harvard Business School in response to a reported bomb threat, Harvard University Police Department spokesperson Steven G. Catalano wrote in an email to Harvard affiliates Wednesday morning.

In an update sent at 11:24 am, Catalano said seven buildings had been evacuated: Morgan Hall, Esteves Hall, Aldrich Hall, Chao Center, Tata Hall, Hawes Hall, and Batten Hall. Catalano's email advised people not in those buildings to remain where they were.

{shortcode-3bcbbb8e2cc45a58fdd472676480cbe3ed3adcae} Myeshia Henderson, a spokesperson for the Boston Police Department, said one building—Aldrich Hallfell under BPD’s jurisdiction. Their office received word of a bomb threat at 10:38 a.m., she said, and officers are currently investigating at 35 Harvard Way.

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Catalano wrote at 2:00 pm that "all buildings have been cleared and reopened." The investigation into the bomb threat is "active and ongoing."

–Check thecrimson.com for updates.

–Staff writer Jonathan G. Adler can be reached at jonathan.adler@thecrimson.com. Follow him on Twitter @JonathanGAdler.

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