“We recognize that communication tools are powerful and often helpful in these situations, but sometimes the ability to communicate widely can be hurtful. “Events escalated (Wednesday) as students began communicating with each other by text and through social media,” Matthews said. Matthews said the rumors that resulted in the campus lockdown spread on social media. “But please be assured that we take this very seriously and that we find this disruption to the safe and secure environment we seek to provide on our campuses unacceptable. We will continue to work with MBPD and exercise all options available to us to ensure that there are no further disturbances related to this situation.” Social media role “As you know, details of ongoing investigations and school disciplinary matters cannot be discussed publicly,” Matthews wrote. He included a police statement in his email. In an email to parents Thursday, Manhattan Beach Unified School District Superintendent Mike Matthews reiterated that no active shooter was on campus Wednesday, but acknowledged the arrests of two students. School officials briefly locked down the campus, but quickly determined there was no gunman or intruders on campus. News of the arrests came a day after police responded to the Peck Avenue school after a 911 caller said an “active shooter” was on campus about 1 p.m. Photos by Brad Graverson/The Daily Breeze/LANG/12-11-15
“The threats were credible and there could have been been an incident based on the threats we’ve recovered.” Two teenagers were arrested in connection with a “credible threat” at Mira Costa High School, but police say they had no weapons to carry out their threat. “It’s not like there was a cache of weapons in the house and they were hours or days away,” police Sgt. Two 17-year-old boys suspected of posing a “credible threat” to classmates at Mira Costa High School have been arrested following searches of their Manhattan Beach homes that turned up evidence that ” a dangeous incident” could have occurred, police said Thursday.Ī Manhattan Beach Police Department official declined to release details of the threat, but said no weapons were found during the searches Wednesday that would have enabled the teens to carry out their plan.
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