LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Another Indiana Republican Senator has been targeted in a bomb threat.

On Tuesday, State Sen. Ron Alting (R-Lafayette) said he was notified about bomb threats at his former home.

“This morning I was contacted by the Tippecanoe County Sheriff and informed that an anonymous email had been sent claiming two pipe bombs had been placed at my former residence in a neighborhood in north Lafayette,” Sen. Alting said Tuesday. “The Sheriff and the Lafayette Police Department immediately assessed the situation and confirmed that the family now living in the home was safe and fully informed.

Sen. Alting said he immediately reached out to the family that lives there to offer his support, saying it was a local pastor, his wife, and their teenage son.

“They have no role in politics,

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