NEWS

All clear in Palm Bay after bomb threat at Taco Bell

Chris Bonanno
FLORIDA TODAY

A bomb squad with a K-9 has completed the search of a Taco Bell in Palm Bay, and employees are going back to their jobs.

Other nearby businesses that also had been evacuated were Tire Kingdom, Panda Express and Chick-fil-A. Traffic on Malabar Road also has been diverted for more than an hour.

Police perimeter around Taco Bell on Malabar Road in Palm Bay.

Units from Brevard County Fire Rescue, Palm Bay Police Department and Brevard County Sheriff's Office responded. 

A command post was set up in the Home Depot parking lot, said Yvonne Martinez, public information coordinator for Palm Bay Police.

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Malabar Road near Interchange Square in Palm Bay