Overview
- USC reported a bomb threat targeting Leavey and Doheny Memorial Libraries on Sunday afternoon.
- An initial alert went out around 2:45 p.m., and a later update before 4 p.m. said the investigation was still underway.
- USC’s Department of Public Safety led checks with police, directing people to avoid the area as procedures continued.
- University guidance states that, if ordered, evacuees should go to building assembly areas and remain at least 300 feet away until cleared to return.
- Recent context includes an August case near campus where an LAPD bomb squad determined a suspicious device was inert military ordnance.