Boy, parents detained after 'joke' in Clovis parking lot

CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A lad was cited for a misdemeanor aft allegedly telling a passerby successful a Walmart parking batch that helium had a bomb, the Clovis Police Department said.

Officers responded to the country of Peach and Shaw avenues successful Clovis astatine 4:06 p.m. aft the lad allegedly said "I person a weaponry successful the car!" Police accidental the lad made the connection arsenic helium was getting into a Jeep with his household successful the Walmart parking lot.

According to police, each 4 radical successful the car, including the boy's parents, were detained arsenic the Jeep was searched.

Officers accidental thing was located and it was determined that the juvenile was "joking." The lad was cited for a misdemeanor for falsely reporting a weaponry threat.