Several schools evacuated after receiving threats in Compton, La Verne and Claremont
A Catholic school in La Verne was closed for the day on Monday while police investigated a threat that was later determined not credible.
Authorities said several other campuses have received similar threats.
According to a statement from the La Verne Police Department, Damien High School was evacuated and closed for the day on Monday morning "for what has now been determined to be a non-credible threat from overseas."
Earlier in the morning, the La Verne Police Department notified the Bonita Unified School District that Damien High School was being evacuated and closed for the remainder of the day in response to a threat against private schools in the area," police said.
"Following further investigation, the threat appears to have come from overseas and has been deemed not credible by LVPD," police said. "Bonita Unified schools will remain open."
A school in Claremont reportedly also received an unfounded threat Monday, as did Catholic schools in Compton and Lancaster, according to various reports.
"This morning a few of our Catholic schools along with other non- Catholic schools received a spam email threatening school safety that is similar to an email distributed to schools and institutions in Europe last week that was found to be not credible and meant to cause disruption, panic and fear," the Archdiocese of Los Angeles said in a statement Monday.
"The schools that received the email canceled classes for the day out of an abundance of caution while the matter was being investigated," according to the archdiocese. "The archdiocese is working with law enforcement and there is no evidence of a credible threat at our schools. All Catholic schools in the archdiocese have been asked to follow our usual safety protocols."
