CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Authorities investigated multiple reports of bomb threats Wednesday in the Loop and Gold Coast.
Threats were reported about 4:30 p.m. at Water Tower Place, 835 N. Michigan Ave., and Block 37, 105 N. Michigan, according to Chicago police.
Another threat was reported about the same time at a location in the 100 block of East Delaware Place, police said.
Authorities cleared the building on Delaware by 5:38 p.m., and Block 37 was cleared about 10 minutes later, police said.
Water Tower Place was cleared about 6:30 p.m., police said.
CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said on Twitter that there was no information to suggest the calls were credible.
Multiple businesses downtown are receiving similar calls about bomb threats. CPD is aware of the calls and officers have responded. At this time there is no information to suggest that these calls are credible and no locations are being evacuated. pic.twitter.com/P9FtunIR9k
— Anthony Guglielmi (@AJGuglielmi)
January 9, 2020 (Source: Sun-Times Media Wire & Chicago Sun-Times 2019. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
