The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office responded to a threat at a local school, at around 8:00a.m. Friday morning. It was reported that the Mount de Sales Academy conducts their morning announcements on a private “YouTube” channel. During the morning announcements, an unknown person posted a comment that someone was going to shoot the school.
The school staff immediately notified law enforcement and evacuated students from the school. Bibb Sheriff’s Patrol Deputies, Investigators, S.W.A.T. team members, K-9 Unit and other law enforcement responded to the school.
The SWAT team, along with Bibb Sheriff’s K-9 units swept the school. Once the school was deemed safe, the students were cleared and allowed back into the school. The school’s campus was reopened at around 11:15a.m. No one was injured during this incident.
Bibb County Sheriff’s Investigators, with the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation are continuing to investigate this incident.
Anyone with information in reference to this incident is urged to contact the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.