By Gina Yarbrough
San Marcos, CA–Sheriff’s Department investigators gave an all-clear after no suspicious device was found at a North County elementary school following a bomb threat Wednesday afternoon in San Marcos, authorities said.
According to the Sheriff’s Department, a phone call was made around 1 p.m. of a bomb threat at San Marcos Elementary School located at 1 Tiger Way.
Deputies arrived at the school within minutes of the call, and contacted school officials, and informed them about the threat. For the safety of students and staff, school administrators made the decision to evacuate the school.
School buses transported the students to San Marcos Middle School, where they were reunited with their families.
Deputies searched the entire campus along with officers and bomb-sniffing dogs from Cal State San Marcos Police Department and San Diego State University Police Department. The search was completed just before 4 p.m. and nothing suspicious was found. The school was then released to the San Marcos Unified School District.
The San Marcos Sheriff’s Station is investigating the incident.
Anyone with any information about the bomb threat is urged to call the San Marcos Sheriff’s Station at (760) 510-5200.
The Sheriff’s Department reminds students that if they hear any threats or even potential violence, they can always approach school resource deputies, or call the anonymous Student Speaking Out Hotline at (888) 580-8477.
