Police in West Hartford, Connecticut, are investigating a threat made against the American School for the Deaf on Tuesday morning.
According to the West Hartford Police Department, an “unverified threat” was reported to the school at 139 N. Main St. in the late morning hours. School spokesperson Liz DeRosa stated that the school’s security protocols were promptly activated upon notification of the threat, and the West Hartford Police Department was alerted.
Around 1:30 p.m., police announced that the threat had been investigated and determined to be “unfounded.” “There is nothing to indicate any substantiated threat to the public,” the police department said in a statement.
“After a thorough search, the campus was deemed secure and the threat was cleared,” DeRosa added. “All students and staff are safe and we have resumed normal activity.”
The police investigation into the incident is ongoing.
