Indianapolis bookstore receives bomb threat over ‘drag story hours’

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A local bookstore closed Sunday due to a bomb threat.

Indy Reads, a non-profit bookstore in Indianapolis, announced on Instagram that it closed its doors due to a bomb threat received via email on Sunday morning.

Indy Reads said they were cleared by police to open up yesterday, but they had already sent out a message to the community saying they were closed. They didn’t want to confuse people by then sending out conflicting information saying they were open.

According to a post written by Indy Reads CEO Ruba Marshood, several employees received an email from an unknown address which indicated that a bomb had been places at the Fountain Square bookstore.

The post states that the store was threatened by the unknown assailant because of it’s monthly drag story hours.

An IMPD spokesperson told News 8 that police did receive a report of a bomb threat, but “there was no information reported that there were any suspicious items to investigate.”

The store will reopen on Wednesday, March 29 at 11 a.m.