Amanda Coney Williams, sister of US Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, was the target of a bomb threat at her Charleston, South Carolina home, on Monday morning, according to the Charleston Police Department.
Around 9:30 a.m., officers responded after Amanda Coney Williams, the sister of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, received a bomb threat via email on March 8 just before 11 p.m.
The email read the following:
“Using a 1×8-inch threaded galvanized pipe, end caps, a kitchen timer, some wires, metal clips and homemade black powder, I’ve constructed a pipe bomb which I recently placed in Amy Coney Barrett’s sister’s mailbox at her home in Charleston, SC. The device’s detonation will be triggered as soon as the mailbox is next opened. Free Palestine!”
Amanda’s husband David Williams stated that he did not know who would be targeting the home, but that an unknown person had attempted to deliver pizza to some households related to Barrett over the weekend.
Several roads in the Charleston neighborhood of West Ashley were closed Monday so police could investigate the threat.
Shortly after, officials determined the threat to be a false alarm after inspecting Williams’ mailbox.
At this time, no arrests have been made in the investigation.
