UPDATE: West Sacramento Walmart Evacuated After Threat; No Device Found
WEST SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The West Sacramento Walmart was evacuated due to a reported bomb threat, but no device was found inside the store.
The store on Ikea Court was evacuated at around 7 p.m. on Friday. Police and fire crews responded to the scene outside the store.
The search ended before 10:30 p.m. on Friday night with no devices found in the store.
The California Highway Patrol had traffic controls in effect on Ikea Court in front of the store. Access to the store's parking lot was cut off by law enforcement securing the scene.
Reports outside say the evacuation was calm and orderly at #westsacwalmart
— Kyle Buis (@kylebuis) January 10, 2015
Walmart employees being compensated for time. "The minute we are clear we are going back to work"
— Kyle Buis (@kylebuis) January 10, 2015
Employees being allowed to move cars one at a time with escort from West Sac PD
— Kyle Buis (@kylebuis) January 10, 2015
The #westsacwalmart is normally open 24 hours.
— Kyle Buis (@kylebuis) January 10, 2015
Shutdown could last hours, employees cautioned. A group of 40-50 employees waiting out in lot. Temps in low 50s pic.twitter.com/lmuufSAmOf
— Kyle Buis (@kylebuis) January 10, 2015
About 615 pm 911 call was made about bomb threat. Walmart took threat seriously, prompted evacuation. Search will be conducted.
— Kyle Buis (@kylebuis) January 10, 2015
#westsacwalmart is taking the better safe than sorry route with this threat. Wise choice. Question is who called this in?
— Kyle Buis (@kylebuis) January 10, 2015
Employees waiting outside, away from the store were told the move fell in line with the store's policies and procedures for handling the events, and the goal was to make sure they were able to go home safe to their families.