Gun threat not intended for Central Coast school

A social media post had parents concerned that someone was going to bring a gun to a school on the Central Coast.

Thursday, the Marina Police Department was alerted of a Facebook post that said, “I will bring a gun to school tomorrow,” and “yes, SHS is the school I want.”

This led many concerned parents and school officials to question if “SHS” was a Salinas High School, Soquel High School or possibly Seaside High School.

Marina PD said after further investigation, the threat was determined to be a hoax and that “SHS” was referring to Springfield High School in Ohio.

“Although this threat was determined to be a hoax and was not meant for any of our local schools, we encourage everyone to continue reporting any suspicious activity or threats of violence to your local police department.”

In response to the recent threat towards Springfield High School, the Springfield Police Divison released this statement:

The Springfield Police Division takes all threats against our community seriously. We are actively investigating this incident and are keeping school and public officials advised. There is evidence that the original Facebook post that started this incident was hoaxed, but the Police and School officials will take appropriate security measures and there will be a police presence at the High School tomorrow. We are also working with Facebook officials to track down the origins of the first post. Should we locate the source, that person(s) will be arrested, charged, and prosecuted. – Chief Graf