Nine San Diego Schools Targeted by Threats

Students and faculty at several high schools around San Diego were sheltering in place Thursday morning after school officials received threatening phone calls, police said.

Officials with the San Diego Unified School District received threats of shootings and bombings that prompted a lock down on each of the ten campuses.

A tense situation for a lot of anxious San Diego parents Thursday after nearly a dozen San Diego schools were placed on lockdown because of a phone threat.

The San Diego Police Department was notified of the threats by school police.

Authorities said there was no immediate indication of who might be responsible for the threats.

San Diego Unified School District took to Twitter to help friends and family be aware of what was happening and continually updated them throughout the lockdown. During the search by Chula Vista police, District spokesman Manny Rubio announced that students were told to stay in their classrooms and that access to the campus was limited.

Parents at Serra High received a voice message from the school stating the campus on in “heightened security”. The San Diego Union-Tribune is saying a call was made at 9:15 a.m.to San Ysidro High School, and the caller said “something would happen” within the next 15 minutes, but the caller did not elaborate on what they were talking about.

No shooters or explosives have been found and no injuries reported, authorities said.

The searches were complete and all the lockdowns lifted by early afternoon. However the school remained on alert.

Students were to be let out of classes at the usual times, the spokeswoman said. All students were said to be safe.