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Police investigate threat at West Valley high school

Posted 10/3/24

Multiple social media threats were made at a West Valley high school Wednesday, and Phoenix police detectives are working to identify who made them.

Administrators at Sierra Linda High School …

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Police investigate threat at West Valley high school

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Multiple social media threats were made at a West Valley high school Wednesday, and Phoenix police detectives are working to identify who made them.

Administrators at Sierra Linda High School received information from students Oct. 2 about several messages, and at about 10:15 a.m. the school resource sergeant was called to assist, according to a release from the Phoenix Police Department.

At about 11 a.m., “a message emerged with a photograph of an area that resembled a common space at the school,” the release stated.

“Out of an abundance of caution the school was placed in lockdown so all students could be accounted for in their classroom.”

The campus, near 67th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road, was found to be safe, and students were released from school.

Detectives are working to identify the origins of the threats.

“We have a zero-tolerance for anyone who threatens and disrupts our education establishments,” police stated in the release.

“Everyone involved will be arrested and booked into jail on serious felony charges.  It should also be understood that anyone convicted of the charge of making a terroristic threat can be held financially responsible for the costs related to the incident and investigation.”

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