Law enforcement has released more information about the lockdown that impacted the Butler Area School District and surrounding schools Wednesday.
A release from the Butler Township Police Department says that multiple phone calls were received about an armed person or active threat at the Senior High School shortly before 11 a.m.
Following an immediate and coordinated law enforcement response to the school and surrounding area, officers determined that there was no active threat or evidence that an armed individual was in the area.
Police are now investigating this situation as an incident of swatting or making a false emergency report to law enforcement in an attempt to generate a significant police response.
No suspects have been identified yet but if this active investigation does develop enough evidence, criminal charges could be filed under state law.
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The lockdown that impacted the Butler Area School District and surrounding schools has been lifted.
Butler Superintendent Dr. Brian White sent an email to parents saying the threat was determined to be a swatting incident and not a credible threat.
Butler first put the perimeter lockdown in effect around 11 a.m.
White says law enforcement does not believe the individual responsible for the threat was local. However, there has not been a suspect identified.
The threat also impacted a number of other county schools that either locked down schools or enhanced security today.
It also prompted state police to send troopers to schools in the county as a precautionary measure.
Parents were allowed to pick up their children at school, but were not allowed in the building. The surge of parents going to schools also led to traffic delays around the area this afternoon.
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