At Grapevine hotel, accounts of armed man’s threat, but police search yields no suspect
Several people at a Grapevine resort reported to authorities on Friday night that a man suggested that he had a gun and intended to open fire at Great Wolf Lodge, police said.
Law enforcement officers searched rooms at the hotel late Friday, but did not find a suspect, said Amanda McNew, a Grapevine police spokeswoman. No one was injured.
The threats were connected to the hotel’s eighth floor, which police evacuated. Guests from that floor were moved to a secure area inside the resort, McNew said, and guests on other floors were asked to stay in their rooms.
Detectives interviewed the occupants of a room where one of the calls to authorities originated and determined they were not in danger, McNew said.
Grapevine police were alerted about 9 p.m. to a report of a man inside the hotel who made threatening comments and claims of a firearm. The man was no longer in sight when officers arrived but a witness provided his description.
Within minutes of the initial report, several people telephoned 911 about a hotel guest being threatened or in danger, McNew said.
Officers cleared all areas of concern about 2 a.m. Some officers remained on the property as an additional precaution.
This story was originally published December 26, 2020 at 1:09 AM.
