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Device Found At Local High School

Students Evacuated To Football Field


4 PM UPDATE: The bomb squad took the device off site and detonated it. The crews told Channel 11 the device was not a bomb. The squad followed up with a sweep of the entire school and did not find anything else.

3:15 PM UPDATE: Channel 11 has learned the bomb squad is still at the scene, trying to remove the device.


The Allegheny County bomb squad was called to a local high school Wednesday afternoon in response to a threat.

Channel 11’s Gordon Loesch has learned that a device was found at 1:15 p.m. in the boy’s bathroom at Carlynton High School.

Officials said it was a metal object with tape wrapped around it and wires sticking out from it.

Students were evacuated to the football field and then dismissed early.

No injuries were reported.

Hear from concerned parents tonight on Channel 11 News.


More Info:
- Carlynton School District Web Site

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