Fire Marshal: Bomb Threat at Sam's Club "Just a Hoax"

Updated 9:25 p.m. — Just before 7:30 p.m. Friday evening, a bomb threat was received at Sam’s Club, 5749 Sherwood Way, via phone call, said Fire Marshal Ross Coleman.

“We searched and looked for anything out of place, we looked outside,” Coleman said. “I feel it’s a hoax.”

Coleman said that police are pursuing the person who made the call aggressively.

An employee got the call, Coleman said. The employee said, “Excuse me?” and the caller repeated the threat.

Every aisle, and the stock rooms were searched for something that doesn’t belong here, Coleman said. Nothing out of place was found.

The store will be open and back to normal business hours Saturday morning.

Original story

Sometime after 7 p.m. Friday evening, San Angelo police and fire department personnel evacuated Sam’s Club at 5749 Sherwood Way.

Police directed shoppers to exit the parking lot blocked the all entrances to the Sam’s Club parking lot. At the scene were several fire department vehicles, including a pumper truck, which is a standard response by SAFD.

We were told by a source at the scene that firefighters are searching the aisles of Sam’s.

By 8:30 p.m. many of the fire trucks had left the scene.

Sam’s Club normally closes at 8:30 p.m. on Fridays.