14 DAY TRIAL // The Texas State University has received its second bomb threat in 2 months’ time, yesterday. An admissions counselor working from home, in Houston, received the threatening email at 7:20 a.m., and the investigation came to an end by 12:07 p.m.
“Emergency ended… All halls and building are open except Admissions. All classes will be held as normal,” university reps posted to the school's Twitter account.
According to StatesMan, the police haven't located any hazardous material on campus. All the halls were closed down and the San Marcus campus was evacuated, for the investigation to take place.
Nearby business Gumby’s Pizza and Wings on Guadalupe Street and University Drive was also forced to shut down for the duration of the search, due to its proximity to the main campus.
Matt Flores, assistant vice president for university advancement, has announced that classes will continue as normal.
Police are investigating the suspicious email received by the counselor, but there is doubt on whether or not the email originated from that email account. University spokesman Jayme Blaschke stated the campus police were following up on several leads, which they received after the evacuation.
Just five weeks ago, the Austin campus received a similar threat. 51,000 students, as well as 24,000 faculty and staff members were evacuated after a man claiming to be associated with known terrorist organization Al Qaeda phoned school officials to announce he had planted several bombs on campus.
The man with a Middle Eastern accent announced that the bombs were all set to detonate in 90 minutes, prompting law enforcement to take immediate action, The Inquisitr informs.
As in the case of the threat brought to San Marcus school officials, officers responding in Austin found no explosive material on school grounds, and weren't able to locate the man that had pulled the prank.