Bomb Making Ingredients Found At Randy Bachman Concert

New York State Parks Police Tuesday confirmed that the Artpark Mainstage Theater in the Village of Lewiston was evacuated after a bomb-sniffing dog smelled bomb-making ingredients on the theater grounds.

It was unclear if patrons were being allowed back into the theater. Jan Reidler of Amherst was among those evacuated about a half-hour after being allowed into Artpark.

“We all got let in about 5 p.m. We were seated. Friends went up to front of stage. At about 5:30 p.m., they brought a bomb dog in. It sniffed something out in one of the speakers. The police brought in second dog. They evacuated everyone out of that area. We were forced to the back of Artpark and they are not letting any more people in,” Reidler said.

“The dogs hit on the speaker, a lower speaker on the stage. The speakers are about 5 foot by 3 foot,” he added. “We were all evacuated out of that area. They brought in state police and they kept moving us back further and further.”

It is unclear how many patrons were evacuated. The theater provides indoor seating for up to 2,400 people, according to Artpark’s website.

The concert was scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m.

Randy Bachman, a Canadian musician best known as the lead guitarist, songwriter and founding member of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, is the scheduled performer at Tuesday night’s event.

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