Gage County authorities respond to emergency call

BEATRICE, Neb. -- Authorities in southeast Nebraska were dispatched to a business for a reported threat. 

Around 7:30 a.m., Gage County Sheriff's Office said they got a call for a bomb threat at a business. 

When officials arrived, witnesses reported that a person had called and told them that a contract employee was possibly coming with a firearm.

According to authorities, within a few minutes, the deputy and investigator at the plant determined the contract employee was actually working at another plant a half mile away.

Officials said deputies made spoke with the management at the second site and confirmed the employee was working at their site Tuesday, but the employee was acting normal and there was no concern involving the contract employee.

Gage County Sheriff’s Office deputies, assisted by two troopers from the Nebraska State Patrol, were able to make contact with the employee outside the plant.

During the investigation, the Sheriff's Office determined he did not bring a firearm with him and he did not have any ill intent towards the facility or his fellow employees.

Deputies notified both businesses that there were no criminal violations and the employee was released back to his employer.

Authorities said they are going to investigate the original call.