Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation Of Building On Pitt Campus

PITTSBURGH, PA — A University of Pittsburgh student is facing charges after allegedly making a bomb threat that prompted a campus building to be evacuated on Tuesday afternoon.

Eden Ann Schwartz, 19, is charged with terroristic threats and threats to use weapons of mass destruction.

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The university's Posvar Hall was evacuated at around 3:50 p.m. after a 911 call came in regarding a bomb threat posted on Instagram story.

Schwartz allegedly posted an Instagram story with the caption, "ON MY WAY! TO BOMB THE STATISTICS DEPARTMENT!"

According to court documents, police found Schwartz in a common area of the Cathedral of Learning shortly after the threat was made.

Posvar Hall reopened at around 6 p.m.

According to the university website, Posvar Hall houses the s the College of General Studies, the Office of Veterans Services, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, the School of Education, the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, the University Center for International Studies, and the social sciences departments of the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. It is the largest academic-use-only building on campus.