Report Of Northridge Middle School Shooting Is Another Hoax: LAPD

NORTHRIDGE, CA — A report of an active shooter at Northridge Middle school prompted a police investigation Monday but turned out to be false, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Police received the report of a shooting at the campus on 17960 Chaste Street at 1:20 p.m. Monday and cleared the scene in under 20 minutes, according to LAPD spokesman Officer Warren Moore.

"They searched the school, and already and cleared it," Moore said. "If there was a lockdown, it will be lifted soon."

False reports of school shootings are increasingly common in Los Angeles County, occurring almost weekly.

The hoax comes just two days after the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County in more than a decade. Students and local families may have been inundated with images from Saturday's shooting in Monterey Park that claimed 11 lives. The ensuing 12-hour manhunt people on edge across Los Angeles County.

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