Bomb threat causes disruption at Capitol Campus, but nothing found
A bomb threat and a suspicious package created tension on the Capitol Campus Thursday and kept the Washington State Patrol busy.
Operations at two Capitol Campus buildings — the Highways Licenses Building and the Department of Natural Resources — were locked down for most of the day, but returned to normal operations late in the afternoon after no threat was found.
According to Washington State Patrol, at 10:40 a.m. a person dropped off an envelope at a reception desk near the Temple of Justice. The envelope was suspicious enough that the bomb squad was brought in to investigate.
Then, at 11:30 a.m., a bomb threat was called in, prompting the lockdown of the two buildings.
The Highways Licenses Building was evacuated last month following a bomb threat. Thursday’s incident was the fifth bomb threat to a state office building since Sept. 26.
Employees in the state Attorney General’s Office on Clearwater Drive in Tumwater were evacuated Wednesday morning. The bomb threats have twice targeted the AG’s office.
Police suspect it’s the same man who has made the threats. “We are narrowing down on a possible suspect,” Tumwater Police Lt. Jen Kolb said Wednesday.
This story was originally published October 18, 2018 at 12:21 PM.