Police debunk reported threats at Las Vegas schools

Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012 | 12:46 p.m.

Friday’s mass shootings at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school continue to cause concerns in Clark County, where law enforcement authorities say they’ve investigated more than a dozen reports of threats involving local schools. “So far, nothing has been substantiated,” Metro Police Capt. Tom Roberts told reporters at a Tuesday morning news conference. “They’ve all dead-ended.” Metro and Clark County School District Police officials are asking parents — and the public at large — to be vigilant when they hear of or see a real threat involving a school. But with “about 17” debunked reports of threats at schools in the ...

Back to the full article »

Discussion: comment so far…

Comments are moderated by Las Vegas Sun editors. Our goal is not to limit the discussion, but rather to elevate it. Comments should be relevant and contain no abusive language. Comments that are off-topic, vulgar, profane or include personal attacks will be removed. Full comments policy. Additionally, we now display comments from trusted commenters by default. Those wishing to become a trusted commenter need to verify their identity or sign in with Facebook Connect to tie their Facebook account to their Las Vegas Sun account. For more on this change, read our story about how it works and why we did it.