Police respond to bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital, determines it to be hoax

Boston police reportedly investigated a bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital on Wednesday.

A bomb threat was reported at 300 Longwood Ave. around 1:24 p.m., NBC10 reported.

Around 2:30 p.m., Boston police said their units were clearing the scene since the threat was determined to be a hoax, the station reported.

Boston police and Boston’s Children’s Hospital did not respond to requests for comment Wednesday night.

In 2024, a Westfield woman was sentenced to three years of probation after pleading guilty to calling in a hoax bomb threat to the hospital two years before. The 2022 bomb threat was part of a “sustained harassment campaign” in response to the hospital offering specialized care for transgender patients, prosecutors said at the time.