Bomb threat shuts down Bellingham’s event Wednesday night

BELINGHAM _ A bomb threat shut down the “Downtown Sounds” live music event Wednesday evening, Aug. 4, according to Bellingham Police Lt. Claudia Murphy in an email to The Bellingham Herald.

The Pulse Point app noted a bomb threat downtown at 121 W. Prospect St. at 8:22 p.m.

“We received a call of a bomb threat sufficiently credible that we began an evacuation of a one-block area in our downtown core,” Murphy said.

The Downtown Bellingham Partnership event was planned for 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Bay and Prospect streets.

“Our officers were able to get folks evacuated and BPD Hazardous Devices Techs arrived to search the scene with Explosive Detection K9 Raven. No device was found and by approximately 9:40 p.m. the area was opened up again,” she said.

With the event featuring Nite Wave with Analog Brass scheduled to be over by 9 p.m., the event did not resume.