Ex-Employee Held After Bomb Scare At Memorial Sloan Kettering, Reports Say

NEW YORK, NY — A former employee of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center was slated for a mental health exam after a bomb scare at the cancer center on Saturday, reports said.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center said its security personnel "identified a potential threat in the lobby at 1275 York Ave." on Saturday afternoon and called police, the center said in a tweet.

"The situation was quickly contained. No injuries were reported, and the NYPD has issued the all-clear," the center said. "We are grateful for the swift response of our MSK security team and the NYPD."

NBC New York said the former employee, a 39-year-old man, walked in with a bag and left it with a note saying there was a bomb inside about noon.

Police shut down York Avenue to traffic while the bag was being investigated, The Spirit reported.

It was deemed non-hazardous and York Avenue was reopened shortly after 3 p.m., that report said.

Authorities have not identified the man who brought the bag in, the NBC News report said. He was taken for a mental health evaluation, the report said.