GATE CITY AND KINGSPORT MCDONALD'S EXPERIENCE BOMB THREATS SATURDAY

McDonald's in Gate City evacuated Saturday due to bomb threat. The Gate City Police Department reports that they received a call at just after 8:30 p.m. Saturday about a bomb at the McDonald's at 119 Gateway Plaza. The building was evacuated and the area was blocked off. The incident is under investigation. The threat came after a bomb threat at the McDonald's, at 1620 E Stone Drive in Kingsport, was reported earlier Saturday. It is not known if the threats are related. The Kingsport Police Department is conducting an investigation into that threat as well, but nothing was substantiated to give any credibility to that threat.

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