Bomb threat note on toilet painted with skull prompts evacuations at California mall

Aug 02, 2023

A California mall was evacuated Thursday evening, and a person has been arrested, after a painted toilet was left on the property with a note “indicating” it was a bomb, officials said.

Police responded to the Americana at Brand mall in Glendale, in Los Angeles County, at 8 p.m. after a toilet that was bizarrely painted and had an image of a skull on it was left in a grassy area at the mall, along with the note.

Police and mall security initiated an area evacuation, officials said in a news release.