🔴 A Walmart in New Jersey had to be evacuated on Thursday afternoon, police said
🔴 The police received an emergency call about a bomb
🔴 It was classified as a swatting incident
EAST BRUNSWICK – A Walmart store in Middlesex County Township had to be evacuated Thursday afternoon due to a swatting incident, according to township police.
On August 8, shortly before 3 p.m., East Brunswick Police received a 911 call reporting a bomb in the men’s restroom at the Walmart Supercenter on Route 18.
As a precautionary measure, the store was evacuated while police, assisted by a canine unit from the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office, searched the property.
There was no bomb or threat present and it was believed to be a swatting incident.
The term “swatting” refers to a prank call to emergency services, usually reporting an immediate threat to human life. The goal is to send the police and a SWAT team to a specific location.
The incident remains under investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the East Brunswick Police Department’s Investigations Division at 732-390-6990.
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