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Officers find Metromover bomb threat was not credible

Emily Hales, Assignment Desk Editor

Andrea Torres, Digital Journalist

Published: November 12, 2020 at 11:18 PM

Tags: Miami-Dade County, Miami

MIAMI — A caller threatened to have placed bombs on the Metromover in downtown Miami. After a Thursday evening investigation, officers found the threat was not credible.

Officers evacuated areas at the Metromover stops for Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus at 300 NE Second Ave., and Bayside Marketplace at 401 Biscayne Blvd.

According to Officer Kiara Delva, a spokeswoman for the Miami-Dade Police Department, the officers were still investigating the source of the threats.

Local 10 News Photojournalist Durrant Kellogg contributed to this report.

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Andrea Torres

The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.