Possible Explosive Device Causes South Side Building Evacuation: Cops

CHICAGO, IL — A South Side building was evacuated Thursday after a possible explosive device containing dynamite was discovered by Chicago police, according to ABC 7 Eyewitness News. Authorities were still investigating the incident, but there were no reports of injuries, the report added.

The evacuation happened Thursday, June 8, in the 5700 block of South Michigan Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood after police were serving a warrant on an occupant of a home in that area, the report stated. That's when officers found the dynamite inside, the report added. Police bomb and arson units were called in while the building was being secured, according to NBC 5 Chicago. (Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest news for the South Side and Chicago — or other neighborhoods. And iPhone users: Check out Patch's new app.)

A nearby elementary school on the same block — William W. Carter School — was put in lockdown because of the possible discovery, ABC 7 reports. The University of Chicago campus also is only about a mile away from the area.

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More via ABC 7 Eyewitness News and NBC 5 Chicago

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