CHARLES CITY – Reports are coming to NIT from readers that the Charles City KMart store was evacuated at about 5:00 PM.
The caller stated that a person had called in a bomb threat but this could not be confirmed immediately. The caller stated that the incident unfolded after an altercation between two women who were arguing after one of them had approached the other about the way she was treating her children. The caller further stated that she was shopping when the store loudspeaker asked for attention from all shoppers and employees and asked everyone to leave the store. People congregated in the parking lot and were told stand far away from the building.
(PHOTO: A Charles City police officer controls the public at the Charles City K Mart on Monday, May 7, 2012.)
The Charles City police could neither confirm nor deny that an incident had taken place at the store.
No one answered repeated phone call attempts at the store at 5:10 – 5:15 PM.
More information as it is released.
I was at Fareway at 1730, right next to the K-Mart store. K-Mart was still blocked off by police cars. After going into the store I heard that there was a bomb threat at K-Mart, this was the rummor going around from one person to an other as we walked around shopping. Made me wonder if cat litter was really worth it.
yep – it’s worth it. 🙂