Ohio Hospitals Go Into Lockdown After Bomb Threats

Dayton’s CBS affiliate reports:

A bomb threat forced two Springfield area hospitals to lock down early Saturday morning. Kettering Health Springfield went into lockdown this morning after receiving information regarding a bomb threat.

Now, Mercy Health-Springfield Regional Medical Center officials say they also received reports of a bomb threat Saturday morning and were forced into lockdown. Mercy Health-Springfield Regional Medical Center got word of a bomb threat shortly after 6 a.m.

Nothing was found at either hospital and a spokesperson for Mercy Health-Springfield Regional Medical Center said the threat was determined to be not credible. The lockdowns have since been lifted.

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— Springfield News-Sun (@springfieldnews) September 14, 2024