Photo Gallery: Alex Murdaugh double murder trial evacuated

Judge Clifton Newman receives news before an evacuation sends Alex Murdaugh’s trial for murder at the Colleton County Courthouse into recess on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. (Joshua Boucher/The State/Pool)

Defense attorney Dick Harpootlian speaks with attorney Jay Bender, who is representing media, as an evacuation sends Alex Murdaugh’s trial for murder at the Colleton County Courthouse into recess on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. (Joshua Boucher/The State/Pool)

An evacuation sends Alex Murdaugh’s trial for murder at the Colleton County Courthouse into recess on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. (Joshua Boucher/The State/Pool)

People evacuate the courtroom due to a bomb threat in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh at the Colleton County Courthouse in Walterboro on day 13 of Wednesday, February 8, 2023. (Andrew J. Whitaker/The Post and Courier/Pool)

Colleton County Courthouse is evacuated during Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial in Walterboro, South Carolina on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. (Mark Sims for Fox News Digital )

Colleton County Courthouse is evacuated in response to a bomb threat during Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial in Walterboro, South Carolina on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. (Mark Sims for Fox News Digital)

Colleton County Courthouse is evacuated during Alex Murdaugh’s double murder trial in Walterboro, South Carolina on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. (Mark Sims for Fox News Digital )