An Associated Press reporter based in the news organization’s Los Angeles bureau tweeted that a threat was made to their newsroom on Wednesday.
“Call into our newsroom just now. ‘At some point we’re just gonna start shooting you f—ing a–holes,” wrote breaking news reporter Amanda Lee Myers on Twitter.
Myers followed up more than three hours later to share that the everyone there was OK, along with an official statement from the AP.
“This afternoon AP received an anonymous call to our Los Angeles bureau. It was nonspecific but threatened possible violence. Each threat AP receives is taken very seriously. The safety of our employees is paramount. The threat was reported to local authorities. All AP’s employees are safe.
{mosads}The Los Angeles Police Department said the threat has been reported “to the appropriate investigative entities.”
No details were shared regarding the person behind the threat.
The call comes nearly two months after a deadly attack at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, where a gunman with a grievance against the paper dating back to 2012 opened fire in its newsroom, killing five.