They were encouraged to evacuate Thursday after authorities said they were responding to a “ongoing bomb threat” near the county courthouse.
The evacuation zone spans a two-mile radius of the downtown area of the Angleton district near Brazoria County Courthouse, the Brazoria County Sheriff's Office wrote in a Facebook post.
“A threat is occurring near Brazoria County Courthouse and as a precaution, the court is evacuated,” the sheriff's office wrote in a previous post. “At this point, we ask everyone to avoid areas within a two-mile radius of Brazoria County Courthouse, as BCSO representatives are working to investigate further.”
Authorities established boundaries and closed several roads in the area.
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The sheriff's office said a threat has emerged near a Brazoria County courthouse and as a precaution, the court is evacuated. Officials later advised that they also evacuate two miles radius in downtown Angleton, Texas. (Google Maps)
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It is unknown who threatened the threat how or who threatened it. It also remained unclear whether authorities had discovered the reported bomb.
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