Cumming Walmart evacuated after active shooter report, bomb threat

Forsyth County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Wal-Mart located on Atlanta Highway late Tuesday afternoon following reports of an active shooting in the parking lot and a bomb in the store.

All of this began to unfold around 5:30, according to sheriff’s office spokeswoman Stacie Miller. “The pharmacy received an anonymous phone call from a woman who stated two men were trying to shoot her in the parking lot.  The caller then hung up. 

“Six minutes later, a second phone call was made to the pharmacy.  The woman caller stated there was a bomb in the front bathroom and then hung up.”

The store was evacuated, and the sheriff’s office was called.  “After the evacuation was complete, four bomb dogs were called to…conduct a sweep of the building.  No bomb was located, nor was any evidence of an active shooter in the parking lot.”

However, the case remains under investigation.

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