Bomb Threat: Police 'Sweeping' Bishop O'Connell High School

ARLINGTON, VA -- Students at Bishop O'Connell High School in Arlington have been evacuated Friday afternoon after a bomb threat was called into the school, according to an Arlington County Police spokesman.

"We're sweeping the building now," said Lt. Kip Malcolm, with Arlington County Police. About a dozen K-9s are part of the operation he said; the large response at the school included police from Metro Transit, Park Police and Pentagon Police.

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The large response was before police realized that several other calls were made to other schools in the region in what Malcolm said was likely a "robo call" situation.

Students from Bishop O'Connell, a Catholic school, are safe at Arlington County's nearby Tuckahoe Elementary School, Malcolm said; Tuckahoe was open due to a teacher work day, he said.

The City of Falls Church was also on high alert Friday afternoon, evacuating students at George Mason High School after a bomb threat was called in there at about 11:30 according to spokeswoman Susan Finarelli.

Malcolm said police will also sweep George Mason using Arlington County K-9s.