Anonymous threat shuts down hospital construction site

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (KDVR) -- An anonymous threat has shut down operations at a massive construction site in Wheat Ridge. 

Police said employees found a written threat on the inside of a portable toilet at the site for the SCL Lutheran replacement hospital. The threat mentioned the date of May 5, 2023.

Colby Stodden, senior project manager with Haselden Construction, said he was shocked. 

"It was disturbing,” Stodden said. “You just don’t want to see something like that."

As a precaution, Stodden said they decided to shut down operations at the site on May 5-6. 

"We want to make sure that all our employees working on the job do understand that safety is our main concern and everyone needs to go home every night to their families," Stodden said.

Threats cannot be ignored, police say

Commander Jon Pickett, with the Wheat Ridge Police Department, said they take any threat very seriously. 

"The days have gone by where you can ignore a threat, so we have a step-by-step process we go through to determine if it's credible and what kind of response is called for,” Pickett said. 

Pickett said it is unusual to s...