Toms River ShopRite Store Evacuated, Cleared After Bomb Threat

K9 units search the Toms River ShopRite store after a bomb threat, Sept. 11, 2019. (Photo: TRPD)

Toms River police evacuated the ShopRite store on Route 37 Wednesday night after a bomb threat was called in to the supermarket.

Multiple police units were dispatched to the ShopRite store off routes 37 and 166 following the 7:07 p.m. call, said police spokeswoman Jillian Messina. The threat came via telephone.

K9 units search the Toms River ShopRite store after a bomb threat, Sept. 11, 2019. (Photo: TRPD)

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The building and parking lot were evacuated and Toms River Police, as well as Ocean County Sheriff’s officers with bomb-sniffing K9s, checked the area and store for explosives, yielding negative results. There was no threat the public. Police are now investigating the origin of the call, Messina said.