A Democratic Massachusetts lawmaker said Saturday that she and her family are safe and sound after a bomb threat was made at her home in Massachusetts.
“This morning, I was notified of a bomb threat directed at my family and me,” US Rep. Lori Trahan said in a statement released by her office shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday.
“I am grateful to the excellent officers of the Westford Police Department who responded quickly to make sure we were safe and are now working with the United States Capitol Police and the Massachusetts State Police regarding this incident,” Trahan continued.
Westford police said they received the threat against Trahan around 8:15 a.m. Saturday and “immediately responded to the residence upon receiving the threat.”
Westford Police Capt. Michael Breault told MassLive that local officers were able to make contact with Trahan and that she was “at the residence later.”
Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad officers, who responded and investigated, found “nothing suspicious” at Trahan’s home, Breault said Saturday.
Local police will conduct additional patrols in “several locations around the city,” after U.S. Capitol Police notified the department of threats made to politicians, doctors and other high-ranking executives across the country.
Breault said this was not directly related to the killing of UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel earlier this week.
At least five Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut reported being the target of bomb threats over the Thanksgiving holiday, NPR reported.
U.S. Senator Christopher Murphy, along with U.S. Representatives Chris Murphy and Jim Himes, Joe Courtney, John Larson and Jahana Hayes said they had been the subject of threats. NPR reported on November 29.
Responding police said they found no evidence of explosives at the Nutmeg state lawmakers’ properties, the station reported.
The threats came a day after some of President-elect Donald Trump’s top Cabinet picks and appointees informed who had received such threats, according to NPR.
In his statement, Trahan stressed that “this is a good time to state the obvious: threats of violence and intimidation have no place in our country.”