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Sunday, December 8, 2024

Incident


From the BruinOne person was detained at Sproul Cove on Thursday evening (Dec. 5) after they threatened to use an explosive device, prompting building-wide evacuations. 

UCPD issued a statement on the social media platform X just before 9 p.m. Thursday telling students to stay away from the Sproul Cove area due to a reported threat. The department later issued another post saying the subject claimed to have an explosive device and threatened to use it. 

Around 8:15 p.m., eight UCPD cars lined up outside Sproul Cove while students began evacuating the building floor-by-floor until they “were pretty certain most people were out of the building,” said James Echols, patrol division lieutenant. UCPD officers then began an investigation of the building with K-9 units until it was determined there was no explosive device...

Full story at https://dailybruin.com/2024/12/05/one-person-detained-following-explosive-device-threat-in-sproul-cove

There is no information from the UCLA police as to the person detained.

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