This was so not okay…
A man was arrested after attempting to get ahead of the line at a Doja Cat concert in Indianapolis on Saturday night by making a bomb threat. According to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department , the scary incident took place at around 5 p. m. in the particular security line for AT& T’s Playoff Playlist Live! at the Monument Circle , where fans gathered for a free outdoor concert to celebrate the upcoming College Football Playoff National Championships on Monday.
While waiting in the queue, witnesses told authorities that the guy suddenly claimed to have a bomb. Per the Indianapolis Star , cops were soon called to the scene, and the crowd was cleared for about 20 minutes. Thankfully, no explosives were found when police investigated his backpack. Deputy Chief Joshua Barker told the outlet in a statement:
“A fan wanted to advance in line so he exercised very poor judgment and told those close to him in line he had a bomb in his backpack. Someone did the right thing and alerted IMPD. The back pack was clean. ”
The IMPD also confirmed that the bomb threat was the false alarm, adding that typically the fan had been arrested for “unrelated outstanding warrants”:
“ IMPD officers responded, searched his bag and did not find an explosive. The man experienced unrelated outstanding warrants and was immediately arrested for those. Police believe there is no active threat and the investigation is ongoing. ”
— IMPD (@IMPDnews) January 8, 2022
The concert was able to continue as planned. However, it is safe to say that many concertgoers possibly felt a new little uneasy for the rest of the night. Many even detailed the terrifying moment upon social media, with one Twitter user saying:
“Just waited 4 hours to see doja cat for their [sic] to be a literal explosive device threat(??? ) scariest moment of my actual life the ground was covered in ice we were all running and slipping around literally so scary. ”
Another person then wrote that they were (understandably) freaked out by this situation:
“We were considering leaving before the bomb threat happened. Saw the front associated with the line push everyone back and dipped out of there. Not going back. ”
We’ re glad that everything turned out to be a false alarm, plus everyone is safe right now. It is insane for someone in order to make such a threat – especially so soon after the tragedy at the Astroworld Festival last year, which has already made some people nervous about concert safety.
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