The Southlake campus of Robert Morris’ megachurch was evacuated earlier this week after an anonymous called in and claimed there was a bomb at the embattled church.
According to police reports obtained by TRR, the church, which is facing a mountain of backlash and scrutiny after news broke that their famous pastor, Robert Morris, sexually molested a 12-year girl nearly 35 years ago and subsequently covered it up, received a phone call on Monday saying there was a bomb at the church and that it would blow up in 30 minutes.
Police, fire, and medical teams arrived on site and officers quickly swept the building, clearing the location in under two hours before deeming it safe to return.
Police say that the incoming number came from a phone associated with a 79-year-old woman who has dementia, and which reportedly hasn’t been used in over 20 years, suggesting her number was being misused by malicious parties in some way.
The report states:
Officers cleared the building and were able to determine that the bomb threat call
came in from (1-817 (redacted)
This phone number is an after hours only number and the voicemail went call center who notified dispatch. I spoke with the safety and security director for Gateway church and Kemtal Glasglow who is one of the executive directors. They were able to conference me in with their IT department who advised the 817-(redacted) number is a receiving Zoom number only and cannot make outgoing calls.
TLOing the phone number shows that number is associated with an (name redacted) out of Whicita Falls. I was able to make contact with her and her grandson, who both advised that 5899 number is a very old number for (name redacted) and hasn’t been used by her in over 20 years.
(name redacted) stated that we can call him in the future if there are any other issues
at (name redacted) has Dementia. 911 call added to patrol photos.
