Shooting Threat Against East County School Unfounded: Authorities

SPRING VALLEY, CA – A school shooting threat against Steam Academy in Spring Valley is unfounded, authorities said Friday.

Deputies were called to the campus at 1001 Leland St. after a threatening message was found on a bathroom stall at the school. The message indicated there would be a shooting Friday, but sheriff's officials sad the threat was not considered credible.

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department is working with the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District to investigate the incident.

"These are tense times for schools," sheriff's officials said in a statement. "The Sheriff's Department and local school districts take every threat seriously and nothing can be dismissed or ignored."

Students will be dismissed at normal schedule at 3:05 p.m. Deputies will provide extra patrols at the school.

Sheriff's officials reminded students to report threats of violence or even potential violence by contacting school resource deputies or calling the anonymous Crime Stoppers Students Speaking Out Tip Line at 888-580‐8477 or the Sheriff's Department at 858-565‐5200.

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