Police said a bomb threat at a South Loop subway station Monday night was “not bonafide.”
A threat about a bomb at the CTA Red Line Roosevelt station was called in about 11:15 p.m., and the police Bomb and Arson Unit investigated, police said.
Police said the call came from a pay phone located in the 1200 block of South State Street.
The scene was cleared about an hour later after no bomb was found, according to authorities.
Red Line service was temporarily rerouted due to police activity, but has since returned to normal, the CTA said.
Red Line subway trains are rerouted to the elevated tracks between Fullerton and Cermak-Chinatown due to police activity. — cta (@cta) September 23, 2014
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Red Line service is resuming its normal routing, via the subway, btwn Fullerton & Cermak-Chinatown after earlier police activity. — cta (@cta) September 23, 2014
