On July 8, 2022 at 1:45 PM, the Marion County Dispatch Center received a phone call from a man claiming to have seen a bomb at the Ohio State Marion Campus and gave a room number of where this device was seen.
Deputies from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Officers form the Marion Police Department and Troopers of the Ohio State Highway Patrol responded to the scene. It was quickly discovered that the room the man claimed the device was in did not exist. As a precaution, several buildings on the OSUM campus and Marion Technical College were evacuated. There were very few people on campus today.
Buildings were searched by Deputies and Troopers as well as Explosive Detection K-9’s from the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Ohio State University Police Department and no explosives or other devices were located.
This case remains under investigation.
Special thanks to the Marion Police Department, Ohio State Highway Patrol, Ohio State University Police and Marion Township Fire for their assistance on this case