On Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at approximately 1258 hours, the Flagstaff Police Department were dispatched to 850 N. Bonito, Marshall Elementary School in regards to a threats call. Staff at Marshall Elementary School received a computer generated call which stated, “I am in the school and I want to kill 100’s of children.” This computer generated call was repeated several times.
Marshall Elementary School Principal John Coe initiated a lock down of the school and communicated to the Police Department as well as the surrounding schools.
Officers responded immediately to the area in conjunction with Administrative Staff from Flagstaff Unified School District. Officers conducted a room by room search of the building, including the playground and surrounding residential area with negative contact with any suspicious armed persons.
The Flagstaff Police Department will continue to investigate this call.