LATEST: In Estes Park, a police officer accidentally fired one round from a gun into an elementary school floor during a swatting response, police said.
More than a dozen schools around Colorado, including several in the metro area, were the victims Wednesday of apparently coordinated “swatting” threats, with a caller claiming to be an active shooter on campus as gunfire is heard in the background of the call.
The caller, likely a man, according to Herold, said that he was armed and was firing shots. Gunfire was heard in the background.Students were initially ordered to shelter in place and were later led out of the school by deputies and responders. They were bussed to the University of Colorado campus and picked up by parents with classes canceled for the day.
Teachers and students are escorted out of the building by law enforcement at Boulder High School following an unconfirmed report of an active shooter threat outside of the school on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. In Aurora, a threat was phoned in about 8:30 a.m. against Aurora Central High School, said Sydney Edwards, a police department spokeswoman.
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