Art Institute evacuated after written threat found inside

PITTSBURGH — Officials evacuated the Art Institute of Pittsburgh on Tuesday afternoon after a written threat was discovered inside.

Police were called at about 2:40 p.m. to the Strip District school in the 1400 block of Penn Avenue, a city spokeswoman said.

Police searched the school and cleared it without incident, she said, adding that the threat was a written note on a bathroom wall.

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