Central Catholic High School

There was a massive police response at both Central Catholic and Oakland Catholic high schools in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood, but Pittsburgh police said ...

“FBI Pittsburgh is aware of the numerous swatting incidents wherein a report of an active shooter at a school is made. At the same time as the Central Catholic threat, Police said a report came in for an active shooter at Oakland Catholic. “County 9-1-1 has received three separate calls reporting that there is an active shooter in three separate schools. “At this time, all claims in these calls have been determined to be false. It is expected that the JHS will be on buses departing the plaza at 1:15-1:30pm and will return students home at that time. Police said they checked every single room in both schools to deem it was safe. “All elementary schools will depart school on regular buses at the regular dismissal time for childcare purposes. Buses will take the HS students home and return to the Hopewell Shopping Center plaza to pick up the Junior High School students for dismissal. Police said the first order was clearing out the building. The HS was searched and cleared, and it has been determined that there are no victims and no incident had occurred. Today, there were reports of an active shooter in Oakland. stating that there was an active shooter at Hopewell HS.

A series of false reports of active shooters at multiple Western Pennsylvania schools led to massive deployments of police and first responders Wednesday.

“FBI Pittsburgh is aware of the numerous swatting incidents wherein a report of an active shooter at a school is made,” she said. Police swept the building and declared the scene clear just before 1 p.m. Last week, a string of schools across Ohio experienced similar hoax phone calls reporting an active shooter or a bomb threat. We have to keep them safe and we have to continue to work together to ensure that that happens.” Yes, but were our students and faculty ready to go if this had been an active shooter? "In each instance, law enforcement is responding but believes that these are false reports,” county spokesperson Amie Downs said.

Schools around Western Pennsylvania reported receiving active shooter calls Wednesday morning, but police believe those calls are false.

Paul Cathedral where students from the school were taken as authorities responded to the threat. However, the threat is believed to be a computer generated swatting call. Our greatest asset is our children, and we want to keep them safe,” Gainey said. State police in Uniontown reported that troopers were called to Laurel Highlands High School for an active shooter threat. He said his son texted him at 10:25 a.m. Police responded as a precaution and searched the schools. He wanted to quell any potential panic. “In each instance, law enforcement is responding, but believes that these are false reports,” Allegheny County spokeswoman Amie Downs said. She received a text from her daughter at 10:23 a.m. Central Catholic High School in Oakland was evacuated. PSP uniontown station responded to the Laurel Highlands Senior High School for an active shooter threat that was called in by telephone. Oakland Catholic was also evacuated.

Hopewell High School was among many Pennsylvania schools targeted by fake active shooter “swatting” calls Wednesday.

The call was made around 10:20 a.m., Lozier said, with SWAT and local police responding “very fast.” New Castle City Police Department received a call from a “male threatening to shoot up New Castle High School” around the same time Hopewell responded to the threats, but upon further investigation found many other schools received fake threats involving active shooters or potential bombs. On Facebook, people urged one another to “check on your loved ones," before learning the incident was a hoax. Hopewell Area School District Superintendent Jeff Beltz said a call was made to Aliquippa Police by someone claiming to be a victim “locked down in a bathroom” at the school. The school was searched and cleared, and “it has been determined that there are no victims and no incident had occurred,” he said. Wednesday as law enforcement responded to reports of an active shooter at the scene.

The county's 911 dispatch center had received two such calls related to Oakland Catholic High School and Central Catholic High School, and was aware of similar ...

“I just have to somehow continue through today,” she said. “I booked it into the building, ran into the classroom and told my teacher: Lock the door! Helen Liguori of Wexford stood at the corner of Neville Street and Fifth Avenue embracing her husband, Michael. “At first I thought it was a drill,” he said. “This just didn’t help.” Lock the door!” Malek Harrel, 17, a senior at Central Catholic, changing classes when he saw police entering the school from the classroom window. Paul’s Cathedral, at Craig Street and Fifth Avenue, in Oakland on March 29, 2023, after false alarms of active shooter events at Oakland Catholic High School and Central Catholic High School. “I’m comforted by my faith,” said Michael. He said they will investigate alongside the Pennsylvania State Police and the FBI. “In each instance, law enforcement is responding but believes that these are false reports,” according to the county’s release. after police declared the schools to be safe.

Central Catholic and Oakland Catholic high schools in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood received the calls around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Panic, confusion and then relief spread across the region on Wednesday after two Pittsburgh Catholic schools received what investigators deemed were hoax ...

Some parents said they appreciated how quickly police secured the building and shared information that the threat was a hoax. But other parents called the ...

Weaver said she believes it may be time to install metal detectors at the school’s entrance. Peduto would not comment on the district’s safety protocols beyond noting that she was proud of how expeditiously they were followed. “The campus has been cleared, and it is being secured and accountability is taking place. “The police arrived quickly, swept all the buildings and the campus thoroughly. Some parents said they appreciated how quickly police secured the building and shared information that the threat was a hoax. Some parents said their students called them from underneath their desks in school. Missouri, who works from home, didn’t even tell her supervisor she was leaving or bother signing off of her work computer when she heard the news. Schreckengost said he spent 10 years in the U.S. “I definitely turned on my ‘Let's-go-to-war mindset,’” he said. The threat seemed especially menacing in light of the recent shooting at another private Christian school in Tennessee just two days before. His son had heard that shots had been fired, but he couldn’t confirm it. At 10:39 a.m., a message played from police car scanners: “She did hear shots fired in the main building.

Reports of an active shooting at various schools across Western Pennsylvania on Wednesday sent parents and students into a panic and prompted a widespread ...

Even if officials suspect a call is bogus, police and other emergency responders will be dispatched to the scene. All 12 of the schools in the Diocese of Greensburg were placed on lockdown, according to officials there. North Side resident Teni Odumosu said she was appreciative of the police response at Central Catholic, where her younger brother is a student. The type of call is sometimes used as retribution by players in online gaming. State police in Uniontown reported Wednesday that troopers were called to Laurel Highlands High School in Fayette County for an active shooter threat. to Central Catholic, which was followed shortly after by a similar report around the corner at Oakland Catholic. The news relieved parents. Police identified the shooter as a 28-year-old former student. Some were placed to 911 and others rang at police stations. Doreen Chatkin of Murrysville was among the frightened parents. The calls all had similar content, claiming an active shooter situation or bomb threat in school buildings, according to state police. She waited at St.