‘Security threat’ closes gate at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, officials say
A gate at Fort Bragg closed due to a security threat, the Army base said Monday afternoon.
The All American Access Control Point closed Monday after Fort Bragg received a security threat at the gate, officials said in a news release.
The gate stayed closed for a few hours but reopened around 5:30 p.m. after authorities investigated and “gave the all-clear,” ABC11, The News and Observer’s media partner, reported.
Officials did not release details about the threat, but ABC11 reported that a suspicious package was found in a vehicle at the entrance.
Larry Dewey, a spokesperson for Fort Bragg, told ABC11 that a man in a truck came to the gate without identification and gave personnel multiple names, making them suspicious.
Officials found a “suspicious package in the truck” but were unsure what was in it, he told ABC11.
A military bomb squad investigated the package and the truck and found there to be no threat, ABC11 reported.
The gate is located near the Fort Bragg Visitor Center.
Fort Bragg is in Cumberland County, about 70 miles south of Raleigh.
This story was originally published July 1, 2019 at 3:44 PM with the headline "‘Security threat’ closes gate at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, officials say."
