QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — A bomb threat at a Queens middle school prompted thousands to be evacuated from the building on Tuesday morning, according to the NYPD.
Authorities said New York State Police received the call from California saying there was a bomb in the first-floor bathroom at I.S. 49 on Graham Avenue at around 8:30 a.m., according to police and sources.
State troopers alerted the NYPD, and 2,000 students and faculty were evacuated from the campus, cops said.
There was no device found in the building, and the school day resumed, police said.
There have been no arrests.
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