Aurora police are investigating a bomb threat that was reported Tuesday afternoon against the city’s three public library branches.
Aurora Police Department spokesman Lt. Joseph Howe said police began investigating the threat around 2:30 p.m. and that due to the report everyone was evacuated from the three library branches at 101 S. River St., 555 S. Eola Road and 233 S. Constitution Ave.The threat was initially targeted at the Santori Public Library at 101 S. River St., police said, with officers deployed to all three library sites.
River Street remains closed in both directions between Cross Street and Benton Street due to the investigation, police said Tuesday afternoon.The library buildings in Aurora aren’t the first in the Chicago area to deal with these kinds of threats. Several libraries across the northern suburbs received bomb threats on Aug. 17 and 20, and while police found no bombs, the libraries responded by shutting down in order to calm shaken employees and patrons.
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