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Police Investigating After Walker County Hospital Receives Threat Tuesday
Police in West Alabama are investigating after a threat was called into a hospital in Walker County Tuesday morning.
The Jasper Police Department took to Facebook just before noon Tuesday to say a threat was phoned into Walker Baptist Medical Center, a hospital in Jasper with around 270 beds.
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Police said in the social media post that they do not believe there is active danger to the area Tuesday morning, but asked residents to avoid the area while the situation is investigated.
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