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Adams City High School lockdown was due to bomb threat

By December 19, 2024 | updated 11 months ago

Commerce City high school lockdown (copy)
Adams City High School was placed on lockdown Tuesday morning as Commerce City police officers investigate a potential threat.
Courtesy of the Commerce City Police Department

The lockdown that caused Adams City High School to send its students home early was due to a bomb threat, police said.

The Adams City High School — a school just west of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City — was placed on lockdown around 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, according to a social media post from the Commerce City Police Department.

The cause of the lockdown was due to a bomb threat, according to a spokesperson from the Commerce City Police Department. The spokesperson did not note whether the threat was made to the school directly. 

Following a nearly three-hour investigation, officers determined that there was no bomb within the school.

The children were released from the school and sent home around 2:30 p.m., following a decision by officials from Adams County School District 14. All staff and students were fed a late lunch before being sent home, according to Adams City High School Principal Chris Garcia.

In an email to parents, officials from Adams City High School noted that power had been returned to the campus and law enforcement were investigating the school.

The department told The Denver Gazette Thursday that the power outage was not related to the threat.

Sage Kelley

Reporter

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