Kentucky State Capitol among several across US to receive bomb threat
The Kentucky State Capitol was evacuated due to a threat that was sent to several states Wednesday morning.
State officials said the Kentucky Secretary of State맥스카지노s Office received an email around 7:45 a.m. claiming there were bombs in the building.
They forwarded the email directly to 비바카지노 Viva. Here's exactly what the email said:
"I placed multiple explosives inside of your State Capitol.
The explsoives are well hidden inside and they will go off in a few hours.
I will make sure you all end up dead."
The email we received showed it was sent to more than a dozen states, including Michigan, and Ohio.
Here's a map of states we saw in the email (this map could be updated):
According to X, formerly Twitter, Georgia also received a threat, although they were not on our email.
Kentucky State Police evacuated the Frankfort building as part of protocol. Troopers and bomb-sniffing dogs searched the building.
By noon, the all-clear was given, and both lawmakers and the public were allowed inside.
State police say the search turned up an unfounded threat.
The deputy Secretary of State, who was a recipient of the email, said, unfortunately, their office has received at least a dozen of these death threats before.
"The reality is it could be election-related, it could be the legislature's gone back into session, there's a host of things," Scutchfield said. "I have no idea at this point if there is a motive or what it could be."
KSP and FBI are investigating the threat.
Kentucky's 60-day legislative session just began on Tuesday.