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Parker Walmart evacuated after bomb threat

Police asked the public to avoid the area on Thursday afternoon while they searched the store, but nothing was found.

PARKER, Colo. — The Walmart Supercenter in Parker was evacuated Thursday afternoon due to a bomb threat. 

The Parker Police Department (PPD) tweeted just before 3:30 p.m. Thursday that they were evacuating the Walmart Supercenter at 11101 South Parker Road for a reported bomb threat. 

Just before 5:50 p.m., police tweeted that officers and bomb K-9s had searched the building and nothing was found.

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