1 arrested, after bomb threat made to Walmart in Ware

WARE, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Police in Ware responded to a bomb threat at a Walmart on Sunday afternoon.

According to the Ware Police Department, at around 4:05 p.m. officers were on scene for report of a patron of the store made an alluding statement of a bomb threat to the Walmart.

Officials said the Walmart was then evacuated and police arrested a suspect without incident.

The Ware Police Department received assistance from Massachusetts State Police, the Ware Fire Department, West Brookfield Police, Hardwick Police and Palmer Police.

Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad along, the K9 unit, along with the U-Mass unit did a sweep of the building to make sure it was secure.

The store has since been cleared and reopened.

Western Mass News will provide more details as soon as they become available.