UPDATE OCT. 15
Miami Valley Hospital said the suspicious object was a bottle wrapped in wire.
An employee found it yesterday morning in the loading dock area, near one of the emergency room entrances.
The Dayton Bomb Squad x-rayed the item and determined it did not pose any danger. They removed it and destroyed it.
A hospital spokeswoman said there was no danger to employees or patients, and the hospital did not fully evacuate.
UPDATE @11:15 a.m. OCT. 14:
A large escort of emergency vehicles left the scene with the suspicious object to destroy it. The bomb squad was on scene for about an hour.
UPDATE@8:47a.m.
A hospital employee found a "suspicious object" in the Wyoming Street docking area and called campus police around 7:30 a.m., said Nancy Thickel, MVH spokeswoman.
Dayton police and the Dayton bomb squad eventually responded and arrived on scene shortly before 8:30 a.m.
Thickel said she doesn't know what the object is. She expects the bomb squad will remove the object and destroy it.
BREAKING REPORT
The Dayton Bomb Squad has been called to investigate a bomb threat at Miami Valley Hospital.
A hospital spokeswoman confirmed there was a bomb threat at the hospital and that police are investigating.
We are on scene and will provide more information as it becomes available.