Hoax Bomb Threat at Southwest Heritage Bank Bank 34 in Alamogordo

In a release from the Alamogordo Police Department they reported that on Thursday August 15th, 2024 at approximately 1309 hours, the Alamogordo Police Department responded to 500 East 10th Street (Southwest Heritage Bank) for a report of two men on the second floor with a bomb.

Persons armed with a bomb were not located and the preliminary investigation suggests the incident was a hoax.

Multiple agencies including the United States Border Patrol, New Mexico State Police, Otero County Sheriff’s Office, District Attorney’s Investigators, AMR, Otero County Emergency Services, Alamogordo Fire Department, Tularosa Basin Regional Dispatch Authority collectively worked the incident.

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