Walmart evacuated for bomb threat investigation, police say

RABUN COUNTY, Ga. — A Clayton Walmart was evacuated Saturday after a bomb threat was called into the store, Rabun County Sheriff’s Office officials said.

According to the report from RCSO, deputies arrived at the Walmart located at 1455 US-441 South at 7:10 p.m. after an unknown caller told employees that there was a bomb outside the store.

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This was the second bomb threat a major retailer received within a week in north Georgia after a bomb threat was called into a Brookhaven Target on Sunday.

Walmart employees told officers that the unknown caller, who investigators believe to be a man in their teens or early twenties, called the customer service department that night and said, “There’s a grade (unknown) missile system outside of the store.”

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Deputies said that after receiving the call, the employee told her supervisor about the call and provided his phone number.

When authorities, along with fire and EMS crews, the store was evacuated. Crews searched the area and confirmed that there was no threat and that it was safe.

The investigation remains ongoing. No suspects have been identified.

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