Ammon, Idaho Walmart evacuated after report of possible bomb, reopens

Customers and employees were cleared from the Walmart in Ammon after a caller reported "a person was barricaded in the back of the store with a bomb," prompting a law enforcement search of the store on South 25th East. Bonneville County Dispatch received the call just before 8 p.m. on March 4, and deputies from the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office, Ammon Division, responded to the scene.

Sgt. Bryan Lovell of the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office issued the department’s statement about the response: "As a precaution, Walmart management cleared customers out of the store while Deputies searched the building. No suspicious people or items were found and deputies are continuing to work with Walmart security to investigate the situation. Business in the store has resumed at this time."

Deputies conducted a systematic search of the building with Walmart management and store security assisting on the floor, and by about 8:45 p.m. the store had reopened to customers and business resumed. The caller was described in dispatch records and local reports as an unknown caller or unknown number; the sheriff’s office has not identified the source of the call in its statement.

A witness at the scene said that during the evacuation "Walmart security was only telling people that the store was closed," and reported there were about 12 law enforcement officers on site and that an ambulance left for the hospital. Those on-scene details were provided by a witness and have not been confirmed in the sheriff’s office statement.

The investigation remains active: deputies are continuing to work with Walmart security to determine any further facts behind the reported threat. The sheriff’s office statement confirmed no suspicious people or items were found during the search but did not detail whether specialized units, such as a bomb squad or K9 teams, were deployed, nor did it report any arrests or official confirmation of medical transports.

Store location details, the dispatch time of just before 8 p.m., the reported phrasing of the threat, Sgt. Lovell’s quoted departmental statement, and the approximate 8:45 p.m. reopening are the current, verified facts of the incident; Bonneville County deputies continue their investigation into the origin and intent of the call.