Sandy Hook Elementary Evacuated Following 'Threatening' Phone Call
Students at Sandy Hook Elementary School were evacuated Wednesday after the district received a threatening phone call, but police found no evidence of weapons or a bomb after doing a sweep of the campus.
The threat was called into Sandy Hook Elementary School just after 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, and students were promptly moved to a neighboring school and picked up by their parents. A voicemail left by the district's superintendent indicated students would be sent home due to a "low to no threat scare."
"All students and all staff are absolutely 100 percent safe. Sandy Hook will dismiss at noontime because of a low to no threat scare," Newtown Superintendent of Schools Dr. Joseph V. Erardi Jr. said in a voicemail that was sent to parents on Wednesday.
Erardi added that more information will be released "at an appropriate time."
According to the Associated Press, many of the children involved in Wednesday's bomb threat had survived the 2012 school shooting that left 20 of their classmates and six staff dead. After the tragedy, the elementary school in Sandy Hook, where the shooting took place, was torn down and students were transferred to a neighboring school, also called Sandy Hook Elementary, in nearby Monroe.
Monroe Police Lt. Brian McCauley told media outlets that the police will be investigating who made the recent bomb threat. "The investigation is still continuing," McCauley said.
A meeting will also be held at another school this evening at 7 p.m. to discuss the evacuation with parents.
