Police respond to Rivers Casino following threat

PITTSBURGH — A threat against Rivers Casino led to a massive police response Friday evening.

11 Investigates law enforcement sources said police responded to the casino following a threat involving a van with pipe bombs and a shooting.

No shots had been fired, but police were investigating a van behind the casino, sources said.

Around 9:30 p.m., sources confirmed to us that nothing had been found in the van, and K-9 units were in the process of clearing the parking garage.

Our crew on scene saw a heavy police presence at the casino. Workers started going back inside just after 9 p.m.

A Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesperson says that, around 8 p.m., a man reported he was going to begin shooting at the casino.

Pittsburgh Police and Pennsylvania State Police responded but found nothing, the spokesperson says.

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