Famous Hollywood Boulevard is currently closed off as in completely shut down after a unidentified man told LAPD that he had brought a bomb inside the Hooters restaurant! If you don’t already know, Hooters is located directly across the street from the MANN’s Chinese Theatre! Home of the celebrity hand and footprints!
UPDATE: The suspect was later taken into custody.
He told officers: “I was just joking,” according to a law enforcement source.
The LAPD bomb squad is sweeping the restaurant to determine whether there is a threat. Newsits.
The stretch of road between Orange and Highland remains closed at this time as police evaluate the situation. The call was received around 4:45 p.m. PT, though it is not clear whether the suspect remains inside the restaurant. “He indicated he went into the restaurant and said he had a lunch pail, and in there was a bomb,” a spokesperson for the LAPD tells The Hollywood Reporter. “He left that behind and from there, everybody scrambled and called the police.” Businesses in the area have since been evacuated.
A suspect has not yet been arrested. THR.
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Just to think we just finished walking down the Hollywood of Stars walkway and headed back to our vehicle. We were wondering why they had taped off the whole area and it was cleared out like it was a ghost town. I thought it was some sort of a premire. DUH! Another Bomb threat......