Overview
- An unknown caller who said he was armed prompted a lockdown at Boca Raton Middle School on Tuesday afternoon.
- Officers from Boca Raton Police and School District Police searched the area and found nothing suspicious, then lifted the lockdown with all students and staff safe.
- The school resumed normal operations with regular dismissal, and police kept a visible presence as the response wrapped up.
- Police said the report may be a swatting call, a fake emergency meant to draw a large police response, and the investigation is ongoing.
- In a separate case at Town Center at Boca Raton on Monday night, police checked a bomb threat, found nothing, and said that call also may be swatting with no known link to the school report.