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A threat is made to a National Guard facility down the street Florida’s Capitol. As Matt Galka tells us, it comes in the wake of a shooting tragedy in Tennessee less than a week ago, and after the Governor took steps to secure facilities around the state.

Bomb sniffing dogs roamed the parking lot of Tallahassee’s National Guard Armory Tuesday afternoon. A bomb threat was made against the armory. Police were alerted to it by a phone call.

“Consolidated Dispatch Agency received a call from a citizen who said a male approached him in the parking lot of the Dollar General at Capital Circle and Park Ave and asked if he had a phone; he said yes. He said ‘you better call the police and tell them theirs a bomb inside of the National Armory,'” said David Northway with the Tallahassee Police Department.

Police say the man then fled the Dollar General and ran behind the building located just five miles from the Capitol. The armory was evacuated for more than three hours.

The threat comes just a short time after Florida’s Governor issued an executive order to help better secure National Guard facilities around the state.

Governor Rick Scott ordered six storefront recruiting offices to be moved to armories. He also ordered that every guardsman be armed, and wants local law enforcement involved in security of the National Guard locations around the state.

“Our patrol officers do what we call extra patrols of the area, when they have time they do come into the area and are checking all of the areas; businesses, closed businesses and one of them is the National Guard area, yes. As a matter of fact, we have officers who come in during off hours and check the National Guard Armory,” said Northway

The Armory’s flags were flying at half-staff to honor four Marines and a Navy sailor killed less than a week ago at two military sites in Tennessee.

The Governor is set to visit a Florid Air National Guard base in Jacksonville Wednesday to address Guardsmen and continue to push security for the facilities.