Lockdown Lifted At Ben Taub Hospital In Houston

HOUSTON, TX — The Tuesday afternoon lockdown at Harris Health Ben Taub Hospital has been lifted after a "credible threat" was cleared, according to Harris Health officials.

Normal hospital operations resumed at 3:20 p.m., officials said.

Hospital officials did not clarify the nature of the threat.

Video posted to social media by ABC 13 reporter Shelley Childers showed a heavy police presence outside the hospital.

Harris Health did not immediately return a phone message from Patch.