TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Arizona College of Nursing was evacuated Tuesday afternoon in connection to a bomb threat that was reported Tuesday afternoon.
According to the university's emergency alert service shared at 3:14 p.m. Tuesday, University of Arizona Police Department officers were dispatched to the nursing college located at 1304 N. Martin Ave. near Campbell Avenue and Speedway Boulevard in reference to a bomb threat.
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Details surrounding the threat are limited at this time, but campus police swept through the area and found no evidence of any bomb.
The building was cleared of any threat.
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