Man arrested after threatening to bomb Lakewood Church on Christmas Eve

A man was taken into custody on felony charges after he threatened to detonate a bomb at Lakewood Church on Christmas Eve.

Houston Police Department officers responded to the church at around 7 p.m. on Christmas Eve. They were dispatched after receiving a call from a man who threatened to “blow up the church” with a device attached to Sarin Nerve Gas, an extremely harmful chemical weapon.

The church was reportedly hosting an event attended by more than 5,000 people at the time the threat was made.

Authorities were quickly able to identify the suspect by connecting him to a separate call from earlier on Tuesday. It’s unclear what the first call was in regard to.

Read more: NBC Houston