The St. Louis Jewish Community Center has received the “all-clear” from local law enforcement after receiving an online threat Wednesday morning.
In a statement from the St. Louis JCC, other community organizations, including a hospital, also received threats.
“Sadly, we have been through this before, however, that experience has equipped us to handle this situation with, we hope, minimal disruption to our J family,” wrote Lynn Wittels, President & CEO of the St. Louis Jewish Community Center.
Locally, the threat was believed to be unfounded, and all buildings remained open. Local and federal law enforcement responded within minutes and quickly determine the threat was not real and issued an “all-clear” statement.
“Many thanks to our campus security team, the police, the canine units, and the FBI for their attention and guidance this morning,” said Wittels. “With their help, the help of our staff, and the cooperation of everyone in our buildings, we were able to operate without interruption while a thorough search was conducted.”
Of note, the entire staff of the St. Louis JCC regularly trains for incidents like this, as well as a myriad of other situations.
“This is why we do it,” said Wittels.
