Bomb Threat Prompts Search Of State Sen. Scott Wiener's Home

San Francisco CA

14 June, 2022

12:05 PM

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CBS San Francisco June 14, 2022 State Sen. Scott Wiener vowed he would continue to fight for the LGBTQ community despite receiving a death threat that prompted authorities to search his San Francisco home for potential bombs over the weekend. "Been getting lots of check-ins about the death threat we received yesterday. I truly appreciate it," Wiener said on his Twitter account Monday. "I receive lots of death threats & have for years. They're mostly about our civil rights work for LGBTQ people & people with HIV." According to the San Francisco Chronicle, officers with bomb-sniffing dogs searched Wiener's home Sunday after his staff received the threat under the subject line, "he will die today." CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.