Sebastian Walmart Under Bomb Threat, Hostile Situation

April 1, 2017 Andy Hodges Crime 0

SEBASTIAN – All employees and customers have been evacuated from the Walmart store in Sebastian due to a “hostile situation.”

Witnesses say that while they were in check out, police arrived and asked all customers to abandon their shopping carts and vacate the store.

Employees were instructed to leave the store and walk to the Medical Center.

We are told by witnesses that there’s a “hostile maniac situation” that prompted the bomb squad and police wearing bulletproof vests to enter the store.

Update: Store had bomb threat. Police give all clear.

Check back for updates.

Here’s a video from the Sebastian Walmart:

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About Andy Hodges

Andy Hodges grew up in Jupiter, Florida where he began his career in radio and TV broadcasting for over 12 years. He would make a career change to computer programming. Andy spent seven years working for tech companies in Atlanta before moving to Indian River County in 2002. He returned to the news sector in 2005 as a writer. Andy joined Sebastian Daily in 2016 as our editor in chief.