NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Walmart store in Newport News was evacuated Sunday after a bomb threat, Newport News police confirmed on Monday.

The bomb threat was reported at 1:05 p.m. It affected the Walmart store on Jefferson Avenue near Bland Boulevard.

Newport News police said authorities evacuated the store and conducted a thorough search, but the threat was deemed unfounded.

No arrests have been made yet, but the threat remains under investigation, police said.

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