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Walmart in Orlando's tourist area evacuated twice Wednesday

Robbery suspects

A late morning bomb threat Wednesday prompted the second evacuation of a busy WalMart store in Orlando's tourist district Wednesday.

Police were called to the store off Turkey Lake Road, across from Interstate 4 and International Drive after a bomb threat was reported shortly before noon.

The same store was evacuated earlier Wednesday, after two armed men entered the store demanding cash from an employee who was emptying cash registers.

The men made off with an undisclosed sum of cash, but police evacuated the store as a precaution due to conflicting reports on the suspects whereabouts.

We're told deputies caught up with the suspects a short time later, but details on how that happened have no been made available. According to authorities, 24 year old Roderick Houser and 24 year old Malcolm Shabazz were taken into custody.

No further information on the bomb threat was given.



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