Texas A&M orders evacuation after receiving bomb threat

College Station, Texas  — Texas A&M University ordered all students, faculty and staff to evacuate campus Friday after the school received a bomb threat.

The evacuation order was posted on the College Station university’s website as a “Code Maroon” warning. It directed those on campus to immediately evacuate by foot and to not use a vehicle. The school said all classes were canceled and the evacuation would remain in effect until further notice.

Texas A&M spokesman Lane Stephenson said the school received a telephoned bomb threat at about 11:30 a.m. He didn’t immediately have any other information about the threat. The school posted on its emergency website shortly before 1 p.m. that the “investigation of threat continues.”

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