Bomb threat at Valencia’s Six Flags Magic Mountain prompts search, investigation by LASD deputies

VALENCIA, Calif. () — A bomb threat at Valencia’s Six Flags Magic Mountain on Monday morning prompted a search and investigation by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies, authorities said.

The threat was received at 7:45 a.m., nearly three hours before the theme park at 26101 Magic Mountain Parkway was scheduled to open.

Aerial video from AIR7 showed a fire engine and more than a dozen LASD vehicles at the scene, including an armored vehicle that was part of the sweep by deputies.

Details of how the threat was communicated were not immediately available.

Whether the park would open at 10:30 a.m. was unclear.