The was a large emergency on Tuesday at O’Hare after a passenger told an O’Hare employee that they have a “bomb in a bag”. CPD became aware just before 5:45 AM that the passenger had told an airline employee behind the inside counter there was a pipe bomb in his bag and then left the scene.
TSA noted that the bag was cleared by 6:50 and screening resumed as normal. The suspect was taken into custody, and charges are pending, Chicago police said.
