Crime & Public Safety

Caller said someone should shoot up Cobb charter school, cops say

By Raisa Habersham
May 9, 2018

Police are searching for a man they say called and made an indirect threat toward a Cobb County charter school Tuesday, Channel 2 Action News reported.

The man called police and said the International Academy of Smyrna was a scam and that someone should shoot up the school, Channel 2 reported.

School officials allowed parents to pick up their children early, according to Channel 2. Staff were also directed to review the school’s safety procedures.

Administrators canceled all outside class activities as a precaution, Channel 2 reported.

Smyrna police is investigating.

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Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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