Teenager Calls In Mass Shooting Threat At Ford Factory

Thankfully it was a hoax, but he’s in a lot of hot water.

It’s not every day you hear about a car factory getting shut down and evacuated, especially one as busy and important as Ford Kansas City Assembly. But that’s exactly what happened at the facility located in Claycomo, Missouri on July 18 after someone called to say they were inside and ready to rain hell down on everyone in the facility.

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The Clay County Sheriff’s Department said everything unfolded at 5:20 pm when an anonymous caller told Ford management that he had barricaded himself in a bathroom in the paint section of the assembly plant. He also claimed to have a revolver, rifle, and some explosives.

Such a threat should be taken seriously, so Ford immediately shut down production and evacuated the entire factory, ushing about 2,200 people through the exits. The automaker even canceled the night shift. That’s not a cheap thing to do. Fortunately, the whole thing was a hoax, something that was established when a Special Tactics and Response Team searched the facility along with help from the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, finding nothing and nobody.