Suspicious Package Before TPUSA Event Results In Controlled Detonation

A building at the Utah State University (USU) campus was evacuated Tuesday ahead of a scheduled Turning Point USA (TPUSA) event, according to multiple reports.

A building on the campus was asked to be evacuated as speculations of a potential bomb surfaced online, according to KSLTV. While the building was not near the TPUSA event, a video of an explosion being heard was posted on X, the outlet reported.

Around 2:40 p.m. local time, the university sent out an “Aggie Alert,” stating that the “Old Main building” was ordered to be evacuated and asked those inside to only take “essential items.” (RELATED: Oklahoma Seeks To Establish A Turning Point Chapter At Every High School)

“An evacuation has been ordered for the Old Main building on Logan campus due to a suspicious package. Police are responding. Leave immediately using the nearest exit. Use stairs, not elevators. Take only essential items. Go to your department’s evacuation area if applicable. Follow instructions from emergency personnel. Updates will follow,” USU posted on their website.

The TPUSA event is scheduled to be held at USU’s Dee Glen Smith Spectrum, which is less than two miles north of where the evacuation took place at the Old Main building.