Jessica Cejnar / Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 @ 1:34 p.m. / Emergencies
[UPDATED] Rumor of Threat Prompts Lock Down at Del Norte High; CR and Area Elementary Schools Are Also Locked Down
Update: From Del Norte Unified School District:
*UPDATE* Update 10/15/2019 @ 2:05 PM:
Police have completed securing Del Norte High, no threat has been found. DNHS is still in lock-down for the time being. We will provide more updates soon.
You can also get up to date information at dnusd.org or at our twitter: https://twitter.com/delnorteschools
A rumor of a threat called into the Del Norte High School office prompted a call to law enforcement and orders to put the campus on lock down, Del Norte Unified School District spokesman Michael Hawkins told the Wild Rivers Outpost on Tuesday.
Students are also sheltering in place at Mary Peacock and Bess Maxwell elementary schools, Castle Rock Charter School and College of the Redwoods’ Del Norte Campus, Hawkins told WRO at about 1:30 p.m.
Law enforcement are searching the area and haven’t found evidence of a threat, Hawkins said. Officers don’t believe there is currently any danger, Hawkins said.
“It may have been a kid outside of the high school who was the source of the rumor (and) did not re-enter the high school after it went on lock down,” Hawkins said, adding that students and staff at other schools in the area were told to shelter in place as a precaution. “We are putting all schools in the area on lock down just to make sure nothing happens.”
The situation will be updated when WRO finds out more information.
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