Uptown Charlotte skyscraper evacuated due to bomb threat Tuesday

A bomb threat prompted authorities to evacuate a building in the 500 block of North Tryon Street Tuesday in uptown Charlotte.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said they got a call at 9:26 a.m. that a threat had been called into 525 N. Tryon, formerly Odell Plaza.

All 1,200 people working in the building were evacuated as a precaution, with employees sent to the corner of North Tryon and 9th streets. Grubb Properties, which manages the building, says there are seven tenants in the building.

“After a thorough search of the building by a CMPD bomb dog, CFD, G4S and Central Division Officers, no suspicious devices were found,” said a statement from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police.

No arrests have been made, but an investigation continues, police said.

Charlotte TV station WSOC reported the threat was phoned into the Regus office in the building received, and it also got threats called into offices in Dallas and Boston.

This story was originally published May 30, 2017 at 11:01 AM with the headline "Uptown Charlotte skyscraper evacuated due to bomb threat Tuesday."