Bomb squad responds to threat at Grandview bank

Posted: Jan 31, 2017 / 02:03 PM EST

Updated: Jan 31, 2017 / 02:03 PM EST

GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, OH (WCMH) -Police say there was a bomb threat at a bank in Grandview Tuesday afternoon.

Police say the threat was at the PNC Bank on the West 1^st Avenue. The bomb squad was called to the scene.

According to police, a man robbed the bank and left behind a backpack that he claimed contained explosives. Police later determined there was nothing threatening in the backpack.

Grandview Heights High School was under a lockdown due to the threat.

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