Threat brings extra police presence at Athens Drive High School

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>> IT APPEARS A LOT OF STUDENTS

AT A RALEIGH HIGH SCHOOL

DECIDED TO STAY HOME TODAY.

THIS IS ALL AFTER A THREAT WAS

MADE AT DUNNE'S DRIVE HIGH

SCHOOL. A STORY WRAL PREVIOUSLY

TOLD YOU ABOUT WRAL'S. ADAM

OWENS IS OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL

WITH WHAT STEPS LAW ENFORCEMENT

IS TAKING TO KEEP THE CAMPUS

SAFE TODAY. ADAM.

JEFF, YOU CAN SEE VISUALLY WHAT

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE BY

LOOKING AT THIS PARKING LOT.

IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH

ATHENS, DRIVE HIGH SCHOOL, YOU

KNOW, A LOT OF VEHICLES HERE

ARE MISSING. I SPOKE TO SOME

STUDENTS.

>> EARLIER THIS MORNING TELLING

ME THAT MANY OF THEIR FELLOW

STUDENTS STAYED HOME FOR THOSE

SAFETY REASONS. WHAT WE'RE

SEEING MORE OF AT ATHENS DRIVE

HIGH TODAY, THOUGH, IS EXTRA

SECURITY AS WRAL PREVIOUSLY

REPORTED A RACIST THREAT ABOUT

A SCHOOL SHOOTING WAS SCRIBBLED

ON A TABLE HERE AND POSTED ON

SOCIAL MEDIA. A MESSAGE WAS

SENT FROM THE SCHOOL TO PARENTS

TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT WAS

FOUND. SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY

INVESTIGATORS DO NOT BELIEVE

THAT THREAT WAS HIGHLY

CREDIBLE, BUT JUST THE SAME

MORE OFFICERS ARE ON CAMPUS

TODAY JUST TO BE SAFE. I ASKED

A STUDENT HERE WHAT IT LOOKED

LIKE INSIDE CLASSES AT ATHENS

DRIVE TODAY. THERE ARE MANY

PEOPLE COME TO CLASS

>> STUDENTS AND COME TODAY

ABOUT 5 PEOPLE PER CLASS THAT

STATE. PRETTY MUCH. THAT'S IT.

>> WE GET PEOPLE SCARED ABOUT

THE POSSIBLE THREAT.

THAT'S WHAT THAT'S THE REASON

THEY STAYED HOME TODAY BECAUSE

POSITIVE SCARED.

>> AND WE DID LEARN ABOUT A NEW

ISSUE AGAIN TODAY. JEFF

DISTRICT LEADERS SAY MORE

RECENT CONCERNING MESSAGE WAS

AIR-DROPPED TO THE PHONES OF A

FEW STUDENTS HERE. THEY TELL ME

IT HAD THREATENING LANGUAGE BUT

WAS NOT SPECIFIC TO ANY PERSON

OR ANY SCHOOL. AN OFFICIAL WITH

THE DISTRICT TELLS ME THE AGAIN

BELIEVE THERE'S NO REASON TO

SUSPECT THIS IS A CREDIBLE,

CREDIBLE THREAT EITHER. BUT

JUST THE SAME AS YOU WELL KNOW,

JEFF, WHEN THESE THREATS DO

POP UP, THEY HAVE TO BE TAKEN

SERIOUSLY. THEY HAVE TO BE

INVESTIGATED. IT CAUSES A LOT

OF HEARTACHE ON THE PART OF

PARENTS AND FAMILIES AND A LOT

OF EXTRA AND SOME CASES AS IT

TURNS OUT UNNEEDED WORK ON THE

PART OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TO SO

NOT COOL TO SEND THESE THREATS.

BACK TO YOU. NO TAKING AWAY

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