CU Boulder Police: 'threat to colleges in the Denver area is a hoax'
The Auraria Campus in downtown Denver was closed Friday morning while a potential threat was investigated. The campus tweeted an alert and urged everyone to remain calm and leave campus.
Earlier on Friday, investigators were looking into threats made to Front Range Community College and other community college campuses in the Denver metro area.
The Colorado Community College System tweeted that they are working with campus security teams at Arapahoe Community College, Community College of Aurora, Community College of Denver, and Red Rocks Community College.
CU Police then tweeted shortly after noon that the campus is closed "out of caution." In the tweet, the university stressed there was no threat to the campus in Boulder but that all classes and activities were canceled and employees should work remotely.
A few hours later, CU Boulder Police tweeted that "law enforcement determined the previous threat to colleges in the Denver area is a hoax."
Front Range Community College tweeted that all operations were moved remote for the rest of the day on Friday and all day Saturday. Upcoming events would be rescheduled for a later date.
Auraria tweeted that normal campus operations will resume on Saturday, Aug. 6.
