Crime & Safety
Old Town Alexandria Bomb Threat: All Clear Given
Fire officials gave an all clear after a bomb threat report at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in Alexandria.
(Updated 12:25 a.m.) ALEXANDRIA, VA—An all clear has been issued for a bomb threat in Old Town Alexandria Saturday night.
Around 11 p.m., police said the bomb threat was reported in an office building at the 600 block of Prince Street. Authorities are in the area investigating, and the Alexandria Fire Department dispatchers said around midnight the building search was complete.
The fire department dispatch confirmed the bomb threat was at 699 Prince Street, headquarters for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. No injuries have been reported.
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Building search is clear. BC211 has terminated Prince Street command. All FD units placed in service, 2 Delta cleared.
— AFD Response (@AFDResponse) August 6, 2017
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Thanks for the info - One block over 500 Block pic.twitter.com/659SNhPoq0
— Lisa H Fitzpatrick (@lisahfitz) August 6, 2017
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