Threat leads to lockdown at Greene County hospital
A threat prompted a lockdown at Kettering Health Greene Memorial Tuesday afternoon.
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The hospital initiated lockdown protocols associated with a Code Silver around 1 p.m., a Kettering Health spokesperson confirmed.
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This happened after they received information from the Xenia Police Department about a threat to a local healthcare facility.
Both the Kettering Health Police Department and Xenia police did a sweep of the area.
'Ultimately, it was determined that the threat was not credible,' the spokesperson said.
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