The Del Norte County Sheriff received a phone call from a subject who stated they were armed with a rifle and a handgun at the Redwood School 8th grade graduation ceremony taking place at the high school. The subject also made threats via telephone, stating that they were going to start shooting.
Several agencies quickly responded to the high school and escorted people out and searched for the subject.
A suspect vehicle with occupants was detained and an investigation was initiated and just before 8:00pm, the vehicle and subjects that were initially detained were released just before 8:00pm, after investigation determined they were not involved and there have been no reports of any injuries taking place during this incident.
The Crescent City Police Department continues to investigate the source of the call and will be reviewing the original call into dispatch, along with available video footage of the ceremony.
We will keep this as an active investigation until we are able to exhaust any potential leads in identifying the person who called in this threat. .
Anyone with any information about this is urged to call and request to speak with an officer. 707-464-4191. .
