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– San Antonio police responded to a downtown high school Monday afternoon following a called-in threat that turned out to be a hoax, according to authorities.
All of Central Catholic High School’s roughly 500 students were evacuated from the school as San Antonio Police Department officers cleared the campus room by room. The school is located at 1403 North St. Marys St.Students were allowed back into the building and officials said they would take attendance to ensure all students were accounted for before releasing them to their parents, according to Christine Rodriguez, a spokesperson for the school.
Rodriguez emailed parents at 2:44 p.m to let them know the emergency lockdown was lifted and that the school would provide more information as it is available. School officials said that they will offer counseling to students. Extracurricular activities would resume as scheduled but parents have the option to take their kids home, if they prefer, officials said.He said that a growing trend of “swatting” calls — an attempt to get police to respond to a certain location under false pretenses of a threat — have been made around the country this year.
Parents were upset that more information wasn’t provided sooner. The school district, SAISD, later agreed to
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