BUENA PARK — A person called in a bomb threat at a Target store Monday night, causing the store to be evacuated for 30 minutes, authorities said.
Buena Park Police received a call about 6:25 p.m. on Monday, June 5, from a Target employee at the Beach Boulevard and Orangethorpe Avenue location, saying that they had just received a call saying there was a bomb inside the store, Lt. Brad Geyer said.
At about 6:35 p.m. store security and the police department cleared the store of customers and employees while officers searched for a bomb, Geyer said. The number of people inside the store at the time was unknown.
Officers did a complete search of the store and nothing was found, Geyer said.
The store was re-opened by 7 p.m.
An investigation into the incident is still ongoing.