Police looking into bomb threat at Camden Clark Medical Center

PARKERSBURG -- Parkersburg Police Department and WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center personnel were investigating a bomb threat received Thursday at the Parkersburg hospital, an official said.

The city police with its K-9 unit along with the CCMC security team and the hospital's emergency preparedness team were checking Camden Clark buildings floor by floor, room by room as a precautionary measure, said Roger Lockhart, director of marketing and public affairs at CCMC, at 11:30 p.m. Thursday.

The bomb threat was not believed to be credible, Lockhart said. The bomb threat was communicated in writing at around 10:30 p.m.. Additional details were unavailable.