“We took that threat seriously, we came out. Our SWAT teams cleared the facility, we cleared the employees inside,” said Sgt. Eric Kowalczyk of the BPD. “False calls put a lot of people in danger and take resources from the city.”
Kowalczyk said the prankster will face justice.
“I think it’s great, you know. If a threat is called upon, they know what they’re supposed to do,” said an unidentified Under Armour employee.
In addition to the building itself, the streets around Under Armour’s South Baltimore headquarters were closed for five hours. Area residents were not pleased.
"An officer came around and said 'we have to evacuate the area, we have a situation going on,'" said Steven Adkins.
“I think they ought to be ashamed of themselves, pulling something on people like that, making other people suffer for nothing,” said one woman who went without her medication for several hours.
Under Armour will be open for business as usual on Monday morning.
