Anonymous Threat Causes Lockdown at Norcross High

NORCROSS, GA — Students at Norcross High School were placed on lockdown Wednesday after the school received a threatening phone call.

Principal Will Bishop said in a post on the school's website that the "soft lockdown" came after the school received an anonymous phone call "that included a threatening statement."

"As the safety of our students is our main priority we have put our safety plan in action as a precaution and will resume our normal schedule as soon as we are given the all clear," Bishop said in the post.

The lockdown was lifted by Wednesday afternoon.

"We have been given the all-clear but will have an additional police presence on campus today as a precaution," Bishop said in a follow-up post. "All students are safe and on their way to their next class."

Bishop did not provide details about what was said in the phone call.

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