Authorities say a caller mentioned possible chemicals being placed at the CNN Center in downtown Atlanta, prompting officers to close streets around the complex, Friday, November 2.ATLANTA -
Authorities say a caller
mentioned possible chemicals being placed at the CNN Center in downtown
Atlanta, prompting officers to close streets around the complex as they
searched for a possible chemical bomb.
Atlanta police said in a
statement the caller early Friday morning also wanted $15,000 and an
airplane. It wasn't clear whether the caller made the demands from CNN
or some other entity.
A search of the global news network's
headquarters and attached Omni Hotel turned up no sign of any bomb.
Streets were reopened two hours after the initial call.
Atlanta
police Capt. Adam Lee III told reporters that dispatchers who took the
call described the caller as "depressed." Lee said the caller also said
he was wanted by the federal government for violating some type of
federal law.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
