At approximately 5:15 pm on Saturday, June 10, 2023, the LPD was informed that a threat was sent to a local news channel via email, stating that there were bombs at each of the Target locations.
Authorities were told that the homeowner had received death threats and a video of something wrapped in a bandana that had been hidden under the homeowner's house.
A man was arrested in New Orleans at a Willie’s Chicken Shack for allegedly making a bomb threat. The man claims he needed to use the bathroom and simply said he was going to “blow the bathroom up”.
Lafayette Police Department Spokesman Paul Mouton says multiple agencies are on the scene as a precaution as they are making sure that all the students are safe.