Atlanta-area Starbucks forced to close Sunday after a hoax about a barista putting blood, saliva and dog poop in white people’s food went viral

• The Starbucks in Brookhaven, Georgia was forced to close two hours early on Sunday over an online rumor
• A woman named Shanell Rivers wrote on Facebook about how she had defiled customers' orders at the location 
• Among the transgressions, she said she put dried dog poop in a child's hot chocolate and licked sandwiches 
• When the post started going viral on Sunday, the store started receiving threats over the phone 
• Starbucks said the post was false and that they don't even have an employee by that name  

An Atlanta, Georgia area Starbucks was forced to close on Sunday after it became the subject of a horrifying online rumor. 

Over the weekend, a Facebook user named Shanell Rivers posted a message to a page called 'White People Vs. Black People' in which she claimed to work at the Starbucks in Brookhaven, just north of the city. 

In the post, she claimed to have defiled the orders of several white customers throughout the week, including putting dried dog poop in a child's hot chocolate and mixing blood in strawberry jam spread over a man's bagel. 

On Sunday, the post started going viral and the store received phone calls with threats against the alleged employee.

The threats were enough for managers to close the store two hours early, according to the Washington Post. 

On Monday, Starbucks issued a statement saying the post was 'completely false' and that they don't even have an employee named Shanell Rivers. 

'We are working with local authorities,' spokeswoman Sanja Gould told the Post.  

She added that a 'few' threats were made to the store, but she didn't have a specific number. 

The store has since been reopened. 

Maj. Brandon Gurley, a spokesman for the Brookhaven Police Department sad that they have launched an investigation into the post. 

They have also added additional patrols to the area around the Starbucks.