{"id":131440,"date":"2023-02-22T22:58:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T22:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=131440"},"modified":"2023-02-22T22:58:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T22:58:48","slug":"false-active-shooter-reports-prompt-lockdowns-at-colorado-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/false-active-shooter-reports-prompt-lockdowns-at-colorado-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"False active shooter reports prompt lockdowns at Colorado schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/rwfFMFE4SKEzhhr-28d2DwCPnB0=\/1920x1080\/smart\/2023\/02\/22\/1677101511358.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Boulder a day after a mass shooting in March 2021. Photo: AAron Ontiveroz\/MediaNews Group\/The Denver Post via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Several Colorado schools and an FBI facility in Denver received threatening phone calls Wednesday, prompting lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Driving the news:<\/strong> The threat at the FBI facility was unfounded, and appears to be connected to &quot;unfounded threats in other jurisdictions,&quot; the Denver Police Department confirmed to Axios.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details: <\/strong>A shelter-in-place order was instituted at Boulder High School after local dispatch received a call from someone saying he had semi-automatic weapons and was prepared to go into the school.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>&quot;<\/strong>The way this [911] call came in really was authentic to make you believe that we had a real active shooter in the front of the school,&quot; Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold said at a press briefing.<\/li>\n<li>In the background of the call, &quot;you can actually hear shots being fired,&quot; she added. <\/li>\n<li>The lockdown was lifted and no injuries were reported.<\/li>\n<li>Brighton High School, about 25 miles from Boulder, also received a threatening call, the local police department said, later confirming that no credible threat was found.<\/li>\n<li>Ortega Middle School, about 230 miles south of Boulder, got a call of an armed individual entering the school, triggering a lockdown that was lifted soon thereafter, per Reuters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile,<\/strong> schools in Oregon and Idaho have also been hit with fake active shooter reports this week.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Additionally, several Texas and Michigan schools have had similar instances in recent months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The big picture: <\/strong>A wave of false reports of gun violence, known as &quot;swatting,&quot; has been sweeping the country, prompting fear in students, school staff and law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By the numbers: <\/strong>There were more than 180 reports of threatening call hoax incidents across 28 states from Sept. 13 through Oct. 21, NPR reported in October.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flashback: <\/strong>The threats in Boulder come as the city marks the second anniversary of the March 2021 mass shooting at a Colorado supermarket that left 10 people dead.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/02\/22\/colorado-false-active-shooter-reports-lockdowns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boulder a day after a mass shooting in March 2021. 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