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UPDATE: As of 11:30 a.m., footage from NBC’s Sky 5 chopper showed students returning to the building. No updates have been released from the district or police.
A northwest suburban high school was evacuated and streets were closed in the area as police investigated a potential threat, officials said Wednesday morning, the second school threat to lead to a heightened response in as many days.
The Bartlett Police Department said it was responding to Bartlett High School just before 10:30 a.m. to investigate “a threat.”
“Out of an abundance of caution, the school is being evacuated,” the village said in a post on social media.
Police urged residents to avoid Petersdorf Road and Schick Road “for the time being.”
By 11:30 a.m., footage from NBC’s Sky 5 chopper showed students returning to the building, with minor altercations visible on the grounds.
Officials later said police had received “a verbal threat by telephone from an unverified number.”
“Out of an abundance of caution, the school was evacuated while Bartlett Police Department officers, School District U-46 staff, and mutual aid officers from surrounding law enforcement agencies responded and secured the school,” the village said in an update Wednesday afternoon. “Following a thorough response and assessment, no credible threat was identified and the telephone threat remains unverified.”
A police presence was expected to continue at the school to “monitor the situation.”
The evacuation comes one day after a potential threat sparked a lockdown and major police response at Oak Forest High School.
The threat was ultimately unfounded, but resulted in armed officers and dogs swarming the school after a male caller said he had a firearm and was inside a bathroom at the high school. The caller also said he had access to an additional firearm outside the school and an explosive device that he made at home, police said, and both threatened to shoot people inside the school and claimed that he had already shot someone.
The FBI is investigating the source of the threat.
In a back-to-school post late last month, the FBI’s Chicago office issued a reminder that “prank threats are no joke.”
“As students return to school across Chicagoland this week, the Chicago Field Office of the FBI reminds students, parents, and caregivers that making ‘prank’ threats have criminal consequences with long-lasting repercussions,” the FBI reported. “Students who post threats of violence, even jokingly, whether done verbally, written, posted online, or messaged on social media platforms, face serious consequences that can impact their futures.”
The FBI said all threats are taken seriously and could results in not only school consequences by “federal violations” that could lead to an arrest or even imprisonment.