One is in custody after a suspicious package caused the evacuation of the Nixa Walmart store.
At approximately 9:59 Saturday morning, Christian County 911 dispatch received a call saying the caller believed there was a bomb inside the Nixa Walmart.
A press release sent out by Nixa Public Information said the caller reported seeing a black box with zip ties and two blinking red lights on a shelf in a stock room at the back of the store.
By 10:04 a.m., an evacuation was underway of the Nixa Walmart store according to Walmart procedures.
Nixa Fire and Nixa Police arrived on scene by 10:08 a.m. and a final sweep of the store interior was completed by 10:12 a.m. according to the release.
All store customers and employees were safely evacuated.
Nixa Police secured a perimeter around the scene for public safety.
At 11:10 a.m., the Springfield Fire Department Bomb Squad arrived on scene.
The release said the bomb squad determined the suspicious item was not explosive and removed it from the store. It is being kept as evidence by Nixa Police.
After a small group of Walmart employees was allowed back in the store shortly after noon to assist in determining whether anything else seemed suspicious, it was determined there was no other device and no other threat to the community.
The scene was cleared by 12:30 p.m. and Walmart resumed operations at their discretion.
Nixa Police have one person in custody who is being questioned in connection with the incident. The investigation is still ongoing and no charges have been filed.