Saturday, July 28, 2012

Walmart Madness #38! Bomb Threat For 8 Stores

At least eight Walmarts across Missouri have been evacuated Friday evening after bomb threats.
Two of the stores are in the Kansas City area.
Two and a half hours after the threats were called in, police declared the scenes as safe.
The Gladstone, MO, Walmart at 72nd and North Prospect Avenue was evacuated after police got a call of a bomb threat about 6:30 p.m.
About the same time, the Raytown, MO, Walmart on Missouri Highway 350 near Raytown Road was evacuated for the same reason. Police said someone called in the bomb threat.
Kansas City, MO, police as well as Olathe police volunteered their bomb and arson K-9 unit to help at the Kansas City area locations. Officers found nothing suspicious and let everyone back inside the big box store about 8:30 p.m.
Media outlets in southern Missouri report that two Walmarts in Christian County have been evacuated due to bomb threats. Those stores are in Nixa and Ozark. Other media outlets are reporting the Walmart in Jefferson City was evacuated as well as the Walmart in St. Peters, near St. Louis. Just before 10 p.m., police confirmed that the Walmart in Piedmont also received a threat.
At this time, it is unknown if police are investigating the threats as being connected.

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2 comments:

Gabriel Sigma said...

My high school used to get a few bomb threats a year. obviously some student didn't want to have classes, but whats the motive behind these? Or are they all coincidence? i bet its some evil Walmart scheme.

David said...

Ah a conspiracy theorist! I just think it was a disgruntled worker or something like that though. But these days conspiracy theories seem to be right on about many other things.