UPDATE: Marietta Walmart Re-Opens After Bomb Threat

UPDATE (5:30 p.m.): WSB-TV reports that the Walmart on Cobb Parkway in Marietta has been re-opened after it was shut down following a bomb threat called into the store on Wednesday afternoon.

ORIGINAL STORY: Cobb County police are at the Walmart on Cobb Parkway in Marietta after someone called the store Wednesday afternoon and said there was a bomb inside.

According to WSB-TV, authorities reacted immediately to the threat, which was called in at approximately 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Authorities quickly evacuated the store, with some shoppers totally unaware of what was happening, WSB-TV says.

Police have closed off the area, shutting down intersections which lead to the shopping strip, and have set up a command center in preparation for a search of the store.

Please stay with Patch as we continue to gather details about this developing situation.