Woman in custody after possible bomb threat at Tower Bridge
A woman who prompted closure of the Tower Bridge due to a possible bomb threat was taken into custody about 4:20 p.m. Tuesday.
The bridge between West Sacramento and Sacramento was raised to prevent the woman who police said might have a bomb from crossing the bridge from West Sacramento.
Sgt. Roger Kinney, West Sacramento police spokesman, said the driver pulled her car near the bridge and may have made threats of a bomb.
“When the officers arrived, they contacted the vehicle. They noticed something unusual. There were some items blocking the window ...They also saw some suspicious wiring. We pulled everyone back,” Kinney said.
Kinney said police asked that the bridge be raised to prevent the vehicle from crossing the bridge. He said police had set up a large perimeter and negotiators were called to the scene.
Ken Hunt works in the state Department of General Services public affairs office, which is housed in the Ziggurat building on Third Street in West Sacramento.
He said he heard the bridge alarm sounding and looked out the window of his office on the eighth floor. He said the vehicle was pulled across lanes of traffic facing the building. Using a camera with a telephoto lens, he took a photo of a sign in the window of the car. Hunt said it appeared to say, “Want fed public defender now.”
A spokeswoman in California State Teachers Retirement System’s executive office, which occupies quarters on Waterfront Place in West Sacramento near the Tower Bridge, said employees were told to shelter in place.