LYNNWOOD – The Wal-Mart store at 1400 164th St. SW was evacuated shortly before 2 p.m. Monday after receiving a bomb threat.
As of 5:45 p.m., the store had not reopened. No word was available on whether a bomb had been found.
Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies responded. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Jan Jorgensen also said a bomb technician and a bomb-sniffing dog from the State Patrol searched the building.
Wal-Mart managers directed traffic away from the building and blocked off the parking lot to deny access. They would not comment on the situation.
Other employees estimated it took 10 to 20 minutes to evacuate the building.
“The store was full,” said Branda Barbosa, who works at the McDonald’s inside Wal-Mart.
The call came in at 1:46 p.m., Jorgensen said. The male caller said a bomb was scheduled to explode early in the evening, she said.
Wal-Mart employees, some of whom were at the store when the threat came in and others who were arriving for work, milled around outside while the search went on.
Reporter Bill Sheets: 425-339-3439 or sheets@heraldnet.com.
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