Two Oklahoma Casinos Evacuated After Bomb Threats, No Explosives Found

Indigo Sky Casino and Resort was evacuated twice on Saturday — one time inwards the morn and often thirster inwards the even — after bomb threats were made to the Oklahoma gaming complex, according to a local tidings report. a second, nearby gambling casino was also evacuated. No bombs or explosives were found in either location.

In the thirster evacuation, guests were told to allow for the Indigo Sky Casino coordination compound at nearly 7 pm, and could non proceeds to the venue for 13 hours. For several hours they were forced to leave alone the grounds alfresco of the casino piece a lookup took place. They were kept outside from the neighboring hotel for half-dozen hours.

The endorsement bomb threat was contained inward a remark discovered inward a gambling casino restroom at around 6:30 pm Saturday.

The take note seemed to follow pretty threatening and specific, stating on that point was indeed a bomb placed on the attribute somewhere, though it did non say where that location was,” Melanie Heskett, superior general manager of Indigo Sky Casino and Resort, revealed to KSN, a local TV station.

That prompted the Wyandotte, Okla. gambling casino to readable come out guests and employees from the gaming dimension and neighboring hotel.

The hotel reopened at about 1 am Sunday. The gambling casino was to have reopened at almost 8 am Sunday.

The Eastern Shawnee Tribal Police Department, Sooner State Highway Patrol (OHP) Bomb Squad, Tulsa Police Department, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs took component part inwards the search.

Specially trained bomb sniffing dogs from the TPD and OHP searched the intact coordination compound for several hours, KSN said. No arrests were made.

“We have a lot of people on our floors and a lot of staff on a Sabbatum night,” Heskett said. “We alerted guests and team up members alike. All of them were great.”

Obviously, in that respect was some that were disgruntled. But we wait that and we trust that they uphold to cartel us with their safety and their entertainment needs.”

Forced to Leave

One gambling casino visitor, Hugh Smith, of Springdale, Ark., told KSN that at about 7 pm someone came into the casino’s bar and grill. Restaurant guests were ordered to leave.

We left our nutrient and everything,” Bessie Smith recalled. “The workers were yelling at people to flow and in that respect was no clip to waiting on anyone or cash out.”

Tanya Stone, of Anderson, Okla., also recounted to KSN how she was feeding dinner when they were ordered to leave.

“Everyone got up and headed out,” Harlan Fisk Stone said. About an minute later, security guards went outside. Assembled guests were told to go forth the parking lot.

An hr and a half later, security department came out and told everyone to move to the grass over and let far outside from the building,” Harlan Stone said. Four hours after that, security department guards told guests to leave behind the property, she said. “They offered to shuttle people to Riverbend [Casino] for the night.”

Several of the evacuees did non get medications, railcar keys, or money with them, I. F. Stone said. Late Saturday night, guests were told they could take back to the Indigo Sky Casino’s hotel.

Starting on Dominicus morning, patrons could paying back to cod any personal items, cassino chips, win and expansion slot political machine tickets.

Earlier Evacuation

Twelve hours before on Saturday, at around 6:30 am, an initial evacuation took place at Indigo Sky Casino after a “possible threat,” KSN said, quoting officials. Two hours later, employees and patrons were allowed rear into the casino. Details on that threat were non like a shot available.

In addition, on Sat evening the Outpost Casino, also situated inwards Wyandotte, Okla., was also evacuated and searched. The go was precautionary, KSN added.

Indigo Sky Casino and Resort and Outpost Casino are both owned and operated by the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. The casinos are nigh 91 miles north-east of Tulsa, Okla.