Six Flags Magic Mountain opens after bomb threat investigation
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Six Flags Magic Mountain announced it would open Monday afternoon after being forced to keep its gates closed for several hours following a bomb threat, according to authorities.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Mark Perkins said a man made a bomb threat against the Valencia theme park shortly before 8 a.m., prompting authorities to respond to the property.
That initial call came in more than two hours before the park, at 26101 Magic Mountain Parkway, was scheduled to open, according to its website.
The California Highway Patrol said on X that it had shut down access to the park’s entrance and was working with the Sheriff’s Department after the park received “multiple bomb threats.”
A sheriff’s spokesperson said deputies completed a sweep of the property shortly before noon and found no evidence to support the caller’s threat. Magic Mountain officials said on X that the park would open about 12:30 p.m.
A Six Flags spokesperson could not immediately be reached for comment.
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