Riverbend Elementary School went into stay-put mode this afternoon after receiving a suspicious call pertaining to a school shooting. Thunder Mountain High School also went into stay-put since it’s nearby. This is the fifth time in two weeks that a school has received a threatening phone call.
Juneau School District spokeswoman Kristin Bartlett says the call came in around 1:30 p.m.
“From what I understand it was another computer generated or digitally altered voice type message,” Bartlett said.
The Juneau Police Department responded to the situation and didn’t find anything wrong. Officers made sure the school was secure and the stay-put was lifted after about 30 minutes.
The suspicious calls started last Monday. Juneau-Douglas High School and Yaaḵoosgé Daakahídi Alternative High School each received one. Glacier Valley Elementary School got one this past Monday and went into lock down mode. Juneau-Douglas received a second call on Tuesday.
In a statement, Juneau Police says the messages were not identical but all the threats were related to a school shooting. A detective is reviewing all the threats and the department is working with the Alaska State Troopers and the FBI in the investigation.
Several other schools across the state have also received threatening phone calls in the last two weeks.
