Two 14-year-old students detained after threats against Davis schools
DAVIS – Two students have been detained after a threatening email prompted two Davis schools to close their campuses on Thursday.
The Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) says staff got the email Wednesday evening. Exactly what was stated in the email wasn't released, but officials say the person threatened to cause harm on both the Holmes Junior High and Davis Senior High campuses on Thursday morning.
DJUSD received an email last night threatening to cause harm on Holmes JH & DSHS campuses this morning. Both schools are closed until Davis PD determines it is safe to return to campus. Holmes JH & Davis SHS students & staff will be kept home until further notice.
— Davis Joint USD (@DJUSD) September 22, 2022
District officials and Davis police decided on closing both schools on Thursday morning. No other threats were directed at any other campuses in the district, DJUSD says, so those schools remained open.
Davis police later announced that two 14-year-olds had been identified as responsible for the threat.
The threat has also been determined to be a hoax, authorities say, and no weapons were found at the students' homes.
The pair responsible both live in Davis, police say, with one of them being a student at Holmes Junior High.
DJUSD says students can return to both Davis High and Holmes Junior High at 10:15 a.m.