University police Lt. C. E. Swain Jr., who responded to the call Wednesday night, said the victim drove the vehicle from the Hanes Visitor Lot on campus to 108 Timber Hollow Court off Airport Road in Chapel Hill, at which point she noticed the note on her windshield.
After the victim found the note, Swain said she drove to DPS in a different vehicle to report the alleged threat. Swain said DPS received notice of the note at 8 p.m. "We received a call that a suspicious note was found on the vehicle," he said. "From there we got in contact with the Chapel Hill Police Department."
Chapel Hill police arrived at Timber Hollow Court shortly after the victim reported the note, and set up a 100-foot perimeter around the vehicle in question.
Police then alerted the State Bureau of Investigation of the threat.
But at 9:23 p.m. a bomb expert with Chapel Hill Police Department investigated the vehicle, and police determined the vehicle did not contain a bomb. "He checked out the car and decided there was no device in the vehicle," Swain said.
Three other bomb-related incidents have occurred this week around the state.
At 11:03 a.m. Monday morning, DPS was notified of an item resembling a pipe bomb on Cameron Avenue, near Davie Hall. SBI officials detonated the object at the scene.
Swain said he did not think there was any connection between the suspicious note and the device detonated on Cameron Avenue.
N.C. leaders received a threat Monday night during the House's legislative session. SBI agents searched the legislative building and did not find any type of explosive device. The incident is under investigation.
