Southbank Office Tower Being Evacuated
POSTED: 12:17 pm EDT August 4, 2004
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Riverplace Tower at 1301 Riverplace Drive on the Southbank is being evacuated after police received a telephone threat.
Jacksonville Sheriff's Office spokesman Ken Jefferson said they are responding to unconfirmed information from a telephone call that that there may be "a device" on the 13th floor of the tower. He also told Channel 4 crews on scene that there was a report of a man with a gun holding a hostage.
None of this information is confirmed.
The SWAT team and bomb squad are arriving at the building now.
Several hundred, including children from a day-care center, have left the building 28-story building.