Bomb threat prompts lockdown at Point Loma High School
POINT LOMA (KUSI) — 10:00 a.m. — Point Loma High school was cleared Wednesday morning, approximately two hours after a bomb threat received via email forced campus police to issue a lockdown.
At about 8:20 Wednesday morning, the campus was placed into lockdown as campus police, San Diego police and bomb dogs conducted a sweep of the premise, police said.
Police remained on premise, but classes resumed as normal.
Pt. Loma HS cleared; lockdown lifted. Classes resuming as usual. School Police will remain on campus. Thanks all for your cooperation.
— San Diego Unified (@sdschools) April 13, 2016
9:20 a.m. — All students are safe as campus police continue to sweep the campus for what The San Diego Unified School district is referring to as an unsubstantiated threat.
Lockdown at Pt. Loma HS due to an unsubstantiated threat. Everyone is safe. Police sweeping campus.
— San Diego Unified (@sdschools) April 13, 2016
8:45 a.m. — Point Loma High School is on lockdown as school police conduct a sweep of the campus.
The school did not specify what the threat was involving, but shortly before 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, the school was put on lockdown, according to a school official.
San Diego Unified School District police are conducting the sweep.
This is a developing story and will be updated with as information becomes available.
