Laramie and Casper Walmarts receive bomb threats

Wyoming Public Radio | By Irina Zhorov

Published November 12, 2013 at 6:12 PM MST

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The Laramie Walmart was evacuated this afternoon after a bomb threat was received shortly before 1 o’clock. The Laramie Police Department bomb squad and University of Wyoming bomb dogs searched the emptied building but did not locate any explosives.

A similar threat was called in to the Casper Walmart at the same time. The Cheyenne office of the FBI reports that there were similar incidents around the county.

The Laramie Walmart has reopened.

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Irina Zhorov

Irina Zhorov is a reporter for Wyoming Public Radio. She earned her BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MFA from the University of Wyoming. In between, she worked as a photographer and writer for Philadelphia-area and national publications. Her professional interests revolve around environmental and energy reporting and she's reported on mining issues from Wyoming, Mexico, and Bolivia. She's been supported by the Dick and Lynn Cheney Grant for International Study, the Eleanor K. Kambouris Grant, and the Social Justice Research Center Research Grant for her work on Bolivian mining and Uzbek alpinism. Her work has appeared on Voice of America, National Native News, and in Indian Country Today, among other publications.

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