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Brainerd Road reopened after being shut down for possible bomb threat near Walmart

Staff photo by Tim Barber / Chattanooga Police stage with other first responders on the former Brainerd Village parking lot Friday night, Nov. 8, following reports of a bomb, and possibly a shooter, according to scanner traffic.
Staff photo by Tim Barber / Chattanooga Police stage with other first responders on the former Brainerd Village parking lot Friday night, Nov. 8, following reports of a bomb, and possibly a shooter, according to scanner traffic. Staff photo by Tim Barber / Chattanooga Police stage with other first responders on the former Brainerd Village parking lot Friday night, Nov. 8, following reports of a bomb, and possibly a shooter, according to scanner traffic.

By Colin M. Stewart, compiler 1 min read

Police investigated a possible bomb threat Friday evening near Walmart on Brainerd Road, according to police.

The site was the Nova Medical Center building on the 5700 block of Brainerd Road.

“The CPD EOD Unit (Bomb Squad) responded and cleared the building,” reads a news release from the Chattanooga Police Department.

Brainerd Road was closed as police investigated the scene, but had been reopened by 7:45 p.m.

“Police are clearing from the scene,” the release states.

photo Staff photo by Tim Barber / Walmart employees check outdoor storage containers Friday night, Nov. 8, in the 7 o’clock hour as police stage for an unknown incident in the former Brainerd Village parking lot.