Someone somewhere in Kansas wasn’t too happy with Walmart this weekend.
At least eight Walmarts were evacuated early this weekend due to bomb threats. Two of them were located in Kansas City.
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Police were juggling multiple calls at the same time threatening bombs in parking lots within the vicinity of multiple Walmart shopping centers.
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As reported by KCTV5:
The Gladstone, MO, Wal-Mart 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 Wal-Mart in St. Peters, near St. Louis. Just before 10 p.m., police confirmed that the Walmart in Piedmont also received a threat.
None of the threats came to fruition, but it is better to be safe than sorry. Police are investigating where the calls could have come from and the nature of them.
SOURCE: KCTV5
