草榴社区 extends Viking Union closure due to threatening emails through Wednesday
An investigation into threatening emails has forced Western Washington University to extend the closure of the Viking Union complex into a second day. The school announced that a closure the Viking Union would be closed Wednesday, Feb. 23, in an alert sent Tuesday evening.
鈥淎lthough there has been no immediate threat found to the VU or any other campus building, out of an abundance of caution the VU complex will remain closed through Wednesday, Feb. 23 while the investigation into the threatening email continues,鈥 read the alert, which was sent at 6:27 p.m. According to another alert sent at 4:13 p.m. Tuesday, the threat involved a firearm and mentioned the Viking Union Dining Hall. No other buildings on campus were threatened, according to the alert.
The school said Wednesday in an email to The Bellingham Herald that it is continuing to work with local law enforcement to investigate the threatening email.
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