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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Officers respond to the scene outside Engelhart Hall at Emerson Street and Maple Avenue.

Police find man and girlfriend who were subject of hoax gun threat call safe

March 15, 2018

Police have not yet identified the person who called Evanston police yesterday and claimed to have shot his girlfriend in Engelhart Hall. The man who called in gave a name of a real person and the...

Officers responded to a call Sunday from a man who said he had a bomb at the Best Western University Plaza, 1501 Sherman Ave. Police believe the call was a hoax, Evanston police Cmdr. Joseph Dugan.

Police: Bomb threat at local hotel a hoax

February 16, 2015

Evanston police officers responded Sunday afternoon to a bomb threat that officers now believe was a hoax. A man called police and said he had a bomb and was staying at a hotel in downtown Evanston,...

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