{"id":190595,"date":"2026-03-13T19:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/190595\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T19:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:46:10","slug":"zoo-miami-closes-over-bomb-threat-believed-to-be-swatting-call-officials-say-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/190595\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoo Miami closes over bomb threat believed to be swatting call, officials say \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zoo Miami was abruptly closed on Friday after receiving a bomb threat that was believed to be a swatting call, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Officials at the zoo said they closed out of an abundance of caution after receiving an anonymous call reporting a bomb threat.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Miami-Dade County Parks staff immediately initiated safety protocols, and the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office has been notified. Law enforcement is currently on site conducting a thorough investigation,&#8221; the zoo said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade Sheriff&#8217;s Office officials said it was believed to be a swatting call but they were still sweeping the area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The safety of our visitors, staff, and animals is our top priority. The park will remain closed until authorities determine it is safe to reopen,&#8221; the zoo&#8217;s statement read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zoo Miami was abruptly closed on Friday after receiving a bomb threat that was believed to be a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124,373],"class_list":["post-190595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miami-dade-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}