(St. Joseph County, IN) - A bomb threat on Friday halted construction at the new Amazon data center outside New Carlisle.

St. Joseph County Police responded late Friday morning in response to a threatening message left on the wall of a Port-a-John. According to authorities, the message said:

Kill: [first name redacted]
1012
Bomb 12:45

Underneath the message was a smiley face.

A union tradesman told HTNN that workers were alerted via text to report to their foremen for a head count, then sent home. A search by police turned up nothing suspicious, but they continue to investigate.

Workers returned to the jobsite Saturday morning.