A busy Monday evening at Ingram Park Mall on San Antonio’s Northwest Side turned tense when shoppers and employees were abruptly pushed out into the parking lot after a bomb threat forced an evacuation. Officers quickly blocked entrances, cleared the building and kept everyone outside as they searched the mall, leaving customers and staff shaken and waiting for word that it was safe to go back in.
Police response and timeline
According to preliminary information provided to MySA, San Antonio police were dispatched at about 5:10 p.m. after “an unknown caller contacted security to inform them of a bomb threat.” Officers then “conducted a detailed sweep” of the mall and reported they did not locate any device. MySA reported that the mall was eventually…..