Lorain officials speak after social media threat toward school [Video]

LORAIN, Ohio (WJW) – Lorain City Schools and Lorain police held a press conference Tuesday after a social media threat led to canceling classes at the high school Tuesday morning.

According to a press release from the Lorain Police Department, police were notified by the FBI around 4 a.m. of a threat to “shoot up a school” was found on social media.

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Investigators found that the threat came from a home in the City of Lorain.

According to the release, the Lorain Police Detective Bureau and the school’s resource officers investigated the threat.

Out of “an abundance of caution and commitment for safety” Lorain City Schools closed the high school Tuesday as police continued to investigate, according to the release.

Police received a confession from a 12-year-old girl around 7 a.m., the press release states. The suspect claimed to have written the threatening post as a joke.

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