Indy Reads, Indianapolis Ind., Temporarily Closed After Bomb Threat

Indy Reads, a literary nonprofit and bookstore in downtown Indianapolis, Ind., closed temporarily after receiving a bomb threat on Sunday over its monthly drag story hours.

In a statement posted on the organization's Instagram page, Indy Reads CEO Ruba Marshood reported that everyone on the team is "fine," and that police "thoroughly investigated and found no indication of danger or threat onsite."

On Sunday morning, "several Indy Reads employees received an email from an unknown address which indicated that a bomb had been placed at our Fountain Square bookstore and threatened the lives of our team...."

Marshood noted that the bookstore will reopen as normal at 11 a.m. on Wednesday and, "as a safe and healing space for all our neighbors, Indy Reads will always provide programs that align with our core value of inclusivity," and it will continue "to hold space for all our neighbors."

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