After Shorter College has a recent bomb scare, authorities will try to figure out if it’s related to more incidents. Learn more in the story by Remington Miller at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
A spokesperson for the North Little Rock Police Department said Thursday that it was unclear whether an incident at Shorter College was related to threats made earlier this year against historically Black colleges and universities.
Lt. Amy Cooper said Thursday afternoon that officers would investigate whether a report of a possible “incendiary device” at the North Little Rock campus had any connection to bomb threats made against colleges and universities across the country, including Shorter College.
North Little Rock officers announced Thursday that no “incendiary device” had been found on the campus.
2:37 p.m.: Shorter College in North Little Rock cleared after report of possible ‘incendiary device’
An extensive search of Shorter College in North Little Rock on Thursday afternoon found no “incendiary device,” according to a notice posted on Twitter.
The North Little Rock Police Department had earlier posted on Twitter that they were investigating a report of a possible device on the campus of the historically Black college.
The investigation is ongoing.
The area is now open to vehicular and pedestrian traffic, according to the North Little Rock Police Department.
1:30 p.m.: Authorities investigate report of possible ‘incendiary device’ at Shorter College in North Little Rock
The North Little Rock Police Department said on Twitter on Thursday afternoon that they were investigating a report of a possible “incendiary device” at Shorter College.
Police, along with the North Little Rock and Little Rock fire departments and MEMS personnel, were investigating the report at the college located on 604 N. Locust St. ar around 11:36 a.m., according to a news release from the Police Department.
The release stated that students were safely evacuated and that roads were closed around the area.
Police asked that residents avoid the area due to road closures.
Earlier in the year, Shorter College was among a spate of historically Black universities and colleges in Arkansas and other states that received bomb threats.
CORRECTION: Lt. Amy Cooper is a spokesperson for the North Little Rock Police Department. Her title was incorrectly listed in an earlier version of this story.
