A bomb threat targeting Shen Yun Performing Arts at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts caused an evacuation and road closures on Thursday morning, hours before the group’s opening night performance in Washington. No
District of Columbia police responded to the scene around 10:45 a.m. An email received by the theater 15 minutes earlier claimed that a bomb had been placed at the facility, which would detonate if Shen Yun’s performance proceeded.
A spokesperson from the U.S. Park Police confirmed they had sent officers to the Kennedy Center but declined to offer further details. They said they were no longer at the theater and directed questions to the Kennedy Center….