Boca Raton Police evacuated the Town Center Mall after receiving a threatening phone call just after 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
According to police, the caller advised they were parked on the north side of the parking lot with guns and bombs, and the desire to kill.
The city’s bomb team was called on scene for the investigation and the mall was prompted to evacuate at around 5 p.m.
Police said the car that was a focus of the investigation had been rented by Cody Conrod, a popular Twitch user by the name of “Clix.”
Conrod was detained inside the mall during the course of the investigation and assisted police by providing them with information. He told them he believed the threat may have come from one of his viewers as a hoax because he was live streaming inside the mall.
WPTV reporter Cassandra GarciaShoppers told WPTV Reporter Cassandra Garcia that they were surprised to see the heavy police presence when they walked outside.