The man, Wally Gandi, allegedly entered Dayton Children’s late Thursday morning and claimed he had a bomb in his backpack. Police responded at 11:40 a.m. after receiving report of the threat.
The hospital was evacuated for 20 minutes as a precautionary measure while police searched the facility. No bomb was discovered and hospital operations returned to normal.
Mr. Gandi now faces inducing panic charges following the bomb threat.
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