Yuliana Quiroz 
BROWNSVILLE – On October 28, UTRGV Police notified the UTRGV community through texts and social media on a terroristic threat made at the UT Health Bob Clark Clinic located almost seven miles away from the Brownsville campus.
Assistant chief of police tells us the threat was made by phone call with a Mexican phone number from an unknown male to a female staff member in the building that afternoon.
“The threat was that several armed men were on the way to the clinic with guns and ammunition,” said Assistant Chief Adan Cruz.
The responding agencies were UTRGV Police and the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office.
Officials tell us this is the first time a threat of this nature has been made at UTRGV.
“I would agree with the chief that as far as this one…as far as like a straight terroristic threat to one of our facilities…yes, this is the first one I can remember and I’ve been here since the school opened,” said University Spokesman Patrick Gonzales.
Gonzales says the three staff members for the Bob Clark Clinic were not evacuated and remained in the building until 5 p.m. when the clinic closed for the day.
Cruz tells us that they posted a police officer in the area the next day also conducting a CRASE or a Civilian Response to Active Shooter Event training with staff members.
“I just wanted to point out that our community should take every opportunity to take advantage of that CRASE training, so that way in the unfortunate event that you are caught in a situation like that the training could help,” Cruz mentioned.
We wanted to speak with the female staff member who received the phone call, but were told we could not obtain further information until the investigation to identify the unknown male, closes. That investigation is being conducted in conjunction with the FBI Field Office in Brownsville.
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