Bomb Squad Called Outside Oprah's Chicago Studio

Celebrity News July 31, 2009 AT 10:59AM
Oprah Winfrey at Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala at Rose Hall - Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 5, 2009 in New York City. Oprah Winfrey at Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala at Rose Hall - Jazz at Lincoln Center on May 5, 2009 in New York City. Credit: Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com

Police Bomb & Arson investigators are examining a suspicious package found Friday outside Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions Inc. studio in Chicago, where she films her talk show.

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A security guard found a dark-colored backpack with wires hanging out of it in a flowerbed outside the studio around 6:20 a.m., police tell Usmagazine.com.

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The suspicious package did not blow up, and no one was hurt, police said, adding that the studio was not evacuated.

Chicago Police News Affairs Officer JoAnn Taylor tells Us, "It's an ongoing investigation."

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