Threat Forces Evacuation Of SAG-AFTRA Actors Union Offices

LOS ANGELES, CA — The SAG-AFTRA actors union offices in Los Angeles and New York both were evacuated Tuesday after a threat was telephoned into the union. The Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad sweeped the building but found no explosive devices.

The threat was of an unknown nature, and the actors union offices in both cities were evacuated as a precaution, according to a spokeswoman for the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. No injuries were reported in the incident, which remains under investigation.

"I can confirm that we have received a threat," Pamela Greenwalt told Deadline. "We are taking it seriously. We have evacuated our Los Angeles and New York offices. We have notified law enforcement. They are on scene and investigating. We have no further information at this time."

According to the LAPD, a caller threatened to "attack the office."

Los Angeles police said the threat was reported about noon, and officers and a bomb squad responded to the union's office in the 5700 block of Wilshire Boulevard. The union's New York office at 1900 Broadway in Manhattan was also shut down, Deadline reported.

It was unclear exactly where the threat was received.

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.