US: Police evacuate building along East 33rd Place in Chicago, Illinois, due to possible explosives on Jan. 13

Police are responding to reports of weapons and explosive discovered in a building in central Chicago, Illinois, during the afternoon of Jan. 13. Authorities have evacuated the building in question, which is located in the 500 block of East 33rd Place. Local officials have as yet released no further details concerning the incident, but a large presence of police and firefighters remains at the scene.

Heightened security, as well as transport and business disruptions are likely in the Lake Meadows neighborhood into the late afternoon of Jan. 13 as police investigate the incident.