WILMINGTON, DE – A Mother’s Day bomb threat at the Wilmington Concord Mall forced an evacuation and search by the Delaware State Police on Sunday.
According to police, the incident occurred around 2:33 p.m., when an employee from a store in the mall received a text message from an unknown subject posing as a former employee, who threatened to blow up the store.
“The panic from the initial threat caused subjects to knock objects to the ground, creating loud banging noises. These loud noises were mistakenly reported as gunshots,” police said. “Troopers responded to the scene and evacuated the mall. A search was conducted and nothing out of the ordinary or suspicious was located. The mall remained closed the remainder of the evening.”