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School locked down after suspicious package discovered

Updated Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 | 10:57 p.m.

Escobedo Middle School

Escobedo Middle School was locked down Wednesday night after Clark County School District Police investigated reports of a suspicious package outside, near a bike rack, Metro Police said.

The school, near Durango Drive and the Las Vegas Beltway, was holding a concert when the package was reported at 7:11 p.m. by someone at the school, police said.

Students and parents were held inside the school while police swept the area, officials said. There turned out to be no threat, police said.

Parents were asked to wait at Thompson Elementary School, 7531 Campbell Drive, until police cleared the area near Escobedo Middle School.

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