Students were evacuated from Lubbock High School Friday morning, following a bomb threat on the campus.
Lubbock ISD sent an email to Lubbock High School families and staff at 9:07 a.m., informing them of a bomb threat and “possible secondary threat outside the building.”
The campus went into a lockdown as law enforcement investigated. LISD Police were joined by the Lubbock Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety to ensure there were no threats on or around the campus or at the reunification site, where students would be picked up by their families.
At 9:27 a.m., LISD provided an update that it began evacuating students to the district’s Central Office and asking families not to go to the office or the campus.
The threat was made in a phone call to the Lubbock Police Department that morning, saying there were “multiple bombs on the Lubbock High School campus and would detonate in several hours.”
The “potential secondary threat” was later revealed by Lubbock ISD Police Chief Eric Tijerina in a statement.
“The caller also stated that he had a firearm and threatened law enforcement who would respond to the campus,” Tijerina explained.
Families were permitted to start picking up their students in an email sent at 9:48 a.m.
About 2,000 students were evacuated, and LISD said it would take several hours to return them all to their families.
Late Friday morning, Tijerina reported that no explosive devices were found and that a suspect had not been located.
The Lubbock High School campus was cleared, but students were asked to wait to return for their belongings until after all students were reunified with their families at the Central Office.
Lubbock High School classes were cancelled for the rest of the day. Other Lubbock ISD campuses returned to their schedules.
The investigation is still ongoing. Lubbock ISD Police asked those with questions or information on the threat to contact the department at 806-219-0200.