LITTLE RIVER, SC (WBTW) – The Horry County Police Department reports a bomb threat made at a Seacoast medical facility Monday afternoon has been resolved without any injuries.
Lt. Raul Denis, spokesman for the Horry County Police Department, confirms officers responded to the Seacoast Medical Plaza, located at 3980 E. Hwy. 9 in Little River, just before 1:30 p.m. Monday. Police were called after someone claimed they had a bomb, according to Lt. Denis.
Officials say the building was evacuated, but clarify the medical office evacuated was not the McLeod Seacoast Hospital, but rather a building in the Seacoast Medical Plaza near the hospital. Horry County Bomb Squad investigated the building.
Horry County Police reported Monday evening at 6:06 p.m. on the department’s Twitter account that the bomb threat was “resolved peacefully and without damage.”
Bomb Threat at Seacoast Medical Plaza resolved peacefully and without damage. Details will be made public as they become available.
— Horry County PD (@horrycountypd) January 11, 2016
Police have not released information on whether anyone was taken into custody in connection with the bomb threat or if any charges have been filed.
