Crime & Safety
'All Clear' Given After Threat Called In To Walker County Hospital
Emergency officials have given the all-clear after a threat was called in to Walker Baptist Medical Center in Jasper on Tuesday.
JASPER, AL — Emergency officials have given the "all clear" after a threat was called in to Walker Baptist Medical Center in Jasper on Tuesday.
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Jasper Police and the city's fire department responded to the call from the hospital just before noon on Tuesday after the initial report was received.
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In an update Tuesday evening, the Jasper Police Department said a 14-year-old student at a Walker County school was identified as the suspect behind the call after similar threats were made to a fast food restaurant in Sumiton and Cullman Regional Medical Center.
The juvenile suspect is currently in a detention center awaiting charges.
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