UPDATE: MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo told BostInno in an email, “All clear. The box did not pose a hazard.”
It’s being reported Wednesday morning that the MBTA station at Downtown Crossing has been subjected to a bomb threat. Train delays are running rampant and the area has since been confined. A man has since been taken into custody.
According to WCVB, police say they responded to the threat at approximately 8:40 a.m. and 426 Washington Street. The Boston Globe is reporting that a man walked into Downtown Crossing station, a major transportation hub where multiple transit line intersect, with a box around 8:30 a.m.
“He told an MBTA employee on the Orange Line platform that the box has a bomb in it and then he walked away,” said MBTA Spokesperson Joe Pesaturo told the publication.
426 Washington Street is in uncomfortably close proximity to the old Filene’s, soon to be Millennium Tower, and all construction has been shut down.
Macy’s also evacuated. #DTX
— Adam Gaffin (@universalhub) May 7, 2014
#MBTA Orange & Red: Due to police activity, Orange srvc suspended btwn Haymarket & Back Bay. Use Green & Red Lines. Red srvc bypassing DTX.
— MBTA (@MBTA) May 7, 2014
#MBTA Transit Police say they have the man who made bomb threat in custody. Orange line suspended. http://t.co/rZVNrQbBoF
Police action at #MBTA Downtown Crossing station expect delays
— MBTA Transit Police (@MBTATransitPD) May 7, 2014
Police evacuated Downtown Crossing MBTA station after a man reportedly said a box on the platform contained a bomb. http://t.co/XKasaSdPKa
— The Boston Globe (@BostonGlobe) May 7, 2014
Orange Line train just left Forest Hills. Yay? #mbta
— Adam Gaffin (@universalhub) May 7, 2014
Second bomb threat this week near my office. Is it a full moon? #DowntownCrossing #peoplearecrazy
— Tressa Sloane (@tressloane) May 7, 2014
Orange Line service suspended between Haymarket and Back Bay. #MBTA suggests taking Red Line, which sounds like a poor attempt at a joke.
— Orange Line Problems (@OrangeLineProbs) May 7, 2014
No one in Boston is at work yet this morning. #psa #MBTA
— Chris Walton (@philocrites) May 7, 2014
MBTA definition of hump day….. MT @steveannear #mbta @CSullivanatBnT: Bomb squad out at #downtowncrossing ? pic.twitter.com/0HO3XuG69e”
— Tom McMahon (@macmathunat) May 7, 2014
stuck in the tunnel this AM between kendall and MGH and #downtowncrossing shut down due to heavy police action.
— thecori (@thecori) May 7, 2014
The entire Filene’s job site is shut down. #DTX @universalhub pic.twitter.com/KR4jmnjIcC
— Nick Green (@Nick_R_Green) May 7, 2014
BFD arriving at DTX @universalhub pic.twitter.com/1NBfaRplgl
— Nick Green (@Nick_R_Green) May 7, 2014
