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The threat was phoned in at about 5:30 p.m. EST, said
Sergeant Elliot Colon of the Paramus Police Department.
Police had not located any bomb but the search was ongoing, he
said.
The Nordstrom department store was evacuated but the rest of the
mall was not, he said.
The Garden State Plaza mall, owned by Australia's Westfield
Group, is one of five large malls in Paramus, located about 20
miles northwest of New York City and known as a key destination
for shoppers.
In November 2013, a gunman opened fire at the same mall without
hitting anyone and then killed himself.
That incident sparked a mass evacuation of the complex.
(Reporting by Ellen Wulfhorst; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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