Report of an active shooter at Monrovia High School, appears to be false

Monrovia Police Department received a single call of an active shooter at Monrovia High School.

The high school and Monroe Elementary are on lockdown out of caution but MPD do not believe it to be a credible threat.

Other agencies in the area have received similar calls today.

MPD is on site and will continue to assess the situation.

The Monrovia Police Department responded immediately and is currently on scene. It appears as though this is not a credible threat. There is no evidence of an active shooter at the high school and there has been no violence of any kind. This may have been a “swatting” incident where a fake call is made to law enforcement in the hopes of eliciting a massive emergency response. We have heard that schools in other districts may have received similar calls.

The police will wrap up their sweep of Monrovia High School as quickly as possible. As soon as they do and the both of our schools are no longer on lockdown and conditions return to normal, I will provide an additional update.

More to follow….