Fargo Police Investigate Possible Bomb Threat at Southside Walmart – InForum

FARGO — Fargo police are asking the public to avoid an area that includes the city’s South Walmart amid reports of a bomb threat.

Officers responded shortly after 12:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, to the Walmart at 3757 55th Ave. S. for a report of a bomb threat, according to dispatch records. The Fargo Police Department has not confirmed that there was a bomb threat.

The police department in social media posts asked the public to avoid the area from 38th Street South to Interstate 29 and 52nd Avenue South to 60th Avenue South until further notice.

The scene remained active as of 2:30 p.m., when a Forum reporter on the scene saw police blocking the entrances to the Walmart parking lot. Walmart employees were gathered in the southwest corner of the parking lot, and few vehicles remained at the store.

Thomas Evanella / The Forum

Three police cars were parked outside the building, but no one was seen entering or leaving.

“Officers are actively investigating an incident in the area,” police said in a statement to The Forum. “No other information is available at this time. More information will be released as it becomes available.”

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