Unfounded Shooting Report At El Camino Real Charter Prompts Lockdown

WOODLAND HILLS, CA — El Camino Real Charter High School in Woodland Hills is the latest Los Angeles County school to endure the disruption, expense and stress of an unfounded shooting report.

The Los Angeles Police Department was called to the campus in the 5400 block of Valley Circle Boulevard at about 9 a.m. Tuesday on a report of a possible gunman on campus. The possible threat forced officials to place the school on lockdown as LAPD and Los Angeles school police searched the campus.

Authorities did not find evidence of a gunman, and the lockdown was lifted before 2 p.m., according to according LAPD Officer Melissa Podany.

The investigation was continuing, Podany said.

The false report was the latest in an epidemic of shooting hoaxes and threats plaguing Los Angeles schools. Lately, authorities respond to at least one every week in Los Angeles County.