Public libraries across Fort Worth evacuated, closed in response to bomb threat
Published: Tue, 09/20/22
Public libraries across Fort Worth evacuated, closed in response to bomb threat
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
BY EMERSON CLARRIDGE
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 20, 2022 9:20 AM
Fort Worth, Texas Police Chief Neil Noakes and Mayor Mattie Parker held a news conference Monday, April 4, 2022 to discuss the city's plan to address shootings, homicides and other violent crime.
Seventeen public libraries in Fort Worth were evacuated and closed about 2 1/2 hours early on Monday afternoon after a library employee received emails that threatened destruction via bomb, authorities said.
The internet protocol address that was used to send the emails originated from outside of the United States, Fort Worth police said. There is no evidence of an ongoing threat to the public, police said late Monday. Police evacuated all city public library branches and performed safety protocols, a police spokesperson said. A library administrator reported the threats to police about 4:45 p.m.
City public library branches are scheduled to reopen on Tuesday at 10 a.m..
Other cities in the area received similar emails, police said. This story was originally published September 19, 2022 10:52 PM.
EMERSON CLARRIDGE 817-390-7935 Emerson Clarridge covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He works evenings and reports on law enforcement affairs in Tarrant County. He previously was a reporter at the Omaha World-Herald and the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York.