Obvious active shooters, bomb threats on Claremont McKenna College as Hoax: Police

Los Angeles County, California. – – An obvious call with the caller, who is said to be in the constrict of hours in bombing and shooting threats for hours of police activities at Claremont McKenna College.

What we know:

The Claremont police answered a call from Claremont McKenna College on Wednesday, March 13, after receiving reports on a possible active shooter.

The threat forced the school to order “protection in place”, and the police authorities of La Verne, Ontario and Upland jumped in to help Claremont PD at the scene.

After a campus -wide search for the possible shooter, the police considered the threats to be a joke.

Nobody was injured by the alleged blow, the police said.

What we don't know:

From 8 p.m., officials have not announced any arrests on the fake threats.

It is also not known whether the caller had connections to school.

Local perspective:

The Swating call marks the second fake threat, which has been aimed at a facility in South California in the last 24 hours.

On Wednesday, a children's hospital in Loma Linda received a fake active shooting report that prompted evacuations and severe reaction from the police. Nobody was arrested by San Bernardino County's Swating Call.

It is not known whether the two separate incidents were related or from the same alleged caller.

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