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Sioux Falls Empire Mall evacuated after potential bomb threat

Sioux Falls police enforce a perimeter around Dick's Sporting Goods at the Empire Mall
Jordan Rusche
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SDPB
Sioux Falls police enforce a perimeter around Dick's Sporting Goods at the Empire Mall

The Empire Mall in Sioux Falls was partially evacuated Friday afternoon after a suspected bomb threat.

Police were tipped off to a suspicious package between Dick’s Sporting Goods and Macy’s.

A bomb squad did not find any explosives, and shoppers were eventually let back into the mall.

Jordan is a senior English and journalism major at SDSU in Brookings. She is from De Smet, South Dakota. She is based out of the Sioux Falls studio.

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