Bomb Threat Closes Getty Museum

BRENTWOOD, CA — A bomb threat called into the Getty Museum in Brentwood forced the museum to close early Tuesday while officials began the evacuation process.

The museum received the "threatening phone call" around 2:50 p.m. Tuesday at the museum at 1200 Getty Center Drive in the Sepulveda Pass area, which draws thousands of visitors from around the world daily.

"We are working closely with the LAPD, which in an abundance of caution has asked us to close the Getty Center early and begin moving visitors from the site," according to a museum statement. " Once visitors have departed, we will ask staff to leave in an orderly manner."

Officers were sent to the scene, but a bomb squad was not immediately activated, according to Officer Drake Madison of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations Section.

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City News Service and Patch staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report. Photo: Public Domain