UPDATED: Coffee County home searched in connection to bomb threat

After tracing the call, it was determined to come from a residence at 2074 Coffee County Road 723.

Authorities put the house under observation and eventually gained contact with the homeowner who said her son and another individual were on their way to a mental health building.

According to Chief Deputy Ronnie Whitworth, authorities were at the home the previous evening in response to a domestic violence call.

A description of the vehicle was obtained and surrounding authorities were made aware of the vehicle description.

Meanwhile, the Covington County Courthouse and schools were closed and security was increased at the health department and both the Enterprise and Elba courthouses.

A search warrant for the home was obtained and the Coffee County Sheriff's Department called for assistance with the search from the Dothan Bomb Squad, Houston County Sheriff's Office and other various agencies.

As officials with the Houston County Sheriff's Department were making their way to County Road 723 to assist with a search, they passed a vehicle on U.S. Highway 84 West matching the description given earlier.

Authorities pulled the vehicle over and subsequently shut down traffic flow on the highway.

After searching the vehicle, Whitworth said nothing resembling a bomb was found, but some unknown materials or items were destroyed.

The two suspects were turned over to Coffee County authorities while a search of the home was completed.

Whitworth said during the search, fertilizer, or ammonium nitrate, was found as described in the call to Covington County, but no evidence was found to show that a bomb was present or made at the residence.

Once the search was completed at about 8 p.m., one of the suspects was released and another, Joseph Lee Britt, 34, was transported to a hospital for evaluation.

Whitworth said the investigation is ongoing, but at this time no arrests have been made.

Several agencies and resources came together during the investigation including the FBI, Alabama Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security, Dothan Police Department and bomb squad, Houston County Sheriff's Department, Covington County Sheriff's Department, Enterprise Police Department, Elba Police Department, Fire Marshal's Office and area aviation units.

"Fortunately there was nothing there, but all these resources came together because of this one phone call," Whitworth said.

Whitworth said the cooperation of the various law enforcement agencies led to a safe investigation of the threat.

"With all these agencies...you couldn't ask for anything better to come together like it did for this," he said.