Posted 3/29/24

Spring Hill police are investigating a bomb scare that forced the evacuation of hundreds of people at a weekend boxing event. Police are now investigating the hoax as a swatting incident.

Swatting is a deliberate crank call that lures law enforcement to a location for potentially nefarious purposes.

A caller told the 911 operator the pipe bombs were inside building 500 at the Northfield Lane facility which is the old Saturn HQ building near the GM Plant where more than 500 boxing fans had gathered.

The dangerous situation led to EMS, fire trucks and Spring Hill SWAT to investigate.

According to authorities a suspicious bag was located and x-rayed and found to be nothing dangerous.

Authorities evacuated the building and searched the building for over 3 hours, finally clearing the building and the area as safe.

After all was searched and cleared it was declared a “False Call” or Swatting.

Authorities are now working on an active investigation and so far the number has come back to a landline in Kansas. If the caller is found, he or she could be facing a Class C Felony for making a false report involving a bomb threat. The penalty carries a 3-6 years behind bars.