Bomb Threat Empties Wal-Mart
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A telephoned bomb threat to the Wal-Mart SuperCenter in Sallisaw caused an evacuation of the building Thursday morning.

Sallisaw Police Chief Gary Philpot said the phone call was made from a pay telephone in Sallisaw.

"We have a suspect," Philpot said Friday morning, adding the suspect was a Sallisaw man. "We have his fingerprints. We're taking his fingerprints to Fort Smith to be checked. We haven't made an arrest yet. He isn't in custody, but we have made contact with him."

Philpot said no bomb was found and employees and shoppers were let back into the building at about 10 a.m. Thursday.

The Sallisaw Police and Fire Departments and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol helped assisted in the search for the bomb and cordoned off the building for the search and investigation. The Sequoyah County Sheriff's Office is assisting with the investigation, Philpot said.
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