Kenai Middle School received a threatening phone call Tuesday, May 5, after school had been let out.
Erkeneff: “We received a threatening telephone call to Kenai Middle School. We immediately called the police department, they responded to the school and surrounding area. The police officers were not able to identify any threatening people or anything at the school or area and so they are doing an investigation but deemed school to be safe and that the threat wasn’t credible.”
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Pegge Erkeneff said no lockdown was initiated.
As we previously reported, a series of threatening messages have been received in at least seven schools across Alaska since April 27.
Erkeneff said local law enforcement is working with other agencies to see if Kenai Middle’s call was related to the other calls reported in Anchorage, Juneau, and Fairbanks schools.
Juneau-Douglas High School was targeted on two separate days, including Tuesday also.
Sgt. Krag Campbell with the Juneau Police said the voice sounded automate or scrambled on the call to the high school shortly after 3 pm Tuesday which stated there was a gunman on campus and many casualties.
Erkeneff said she could not talk about any of the specifics of the call to Kenai Middle as the investigation is ongoing.
Officials say none of the calls received have been deemed credible.
The Alaska State Troopers notified the FBI who is evaluating whether the cases fall under federal jurisdiction.