Victoria Crocker
At about 4:45 p.m., D.H. Hill Library was evacuated due to a bomb threat, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013. Most of the employees and students that were there didn't know why they were evacuated, just that the fire alarm went off. Photographed by Victoria Crocker.
D.H. Hill Library staff evacuated students and faculty members from its building on Sunday after a staff member received a bomb threat. The threat was later found to be unsubstantiated.
According to a statement on the N.C. State University Police Department’s website, police were notified by a staff member of D.H. Hill Library that they had received a call from an unidentified caller stating that there was a bomb placed in one of the restrooms of the library. The library was immediately evacuated.
Several students at the scene told the Technician they didn’t know why they were being evacuated. Students stood outside the library for about 45 minutes, they said.
“It’s not unusual for students to not be told what’s happening during a bomb threat,” said Jack Moorman, Campus Police chief. “Whether it’s a bomb or a fire, our goal is only to get people out of the building.”
Moorman said Campus Police’s priority was to ensure there was no threat and to reopen the building as soon as possible. Moorman said Campus Police “takes these threats very seriously.”
Campus Police and the Raleigh Fire Department responded to the scene. Campus Police officers conducted a search of the library and did not locate any type of suspicious device, according to the Campus Police statement.
The library was re-opened at approximately 5:30 p.m.
This case is under further investigation, and anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Campus Police at (919) 515-3000.