No Bombs At Oak Forest HS: Police

OAK FOREST, IL — No bombs were found at Oak Forest High School, where a lunchtime threat promised to blow up the school with seven bombs placed around the building.

The threat caused the district to cancel classes early. All classes will resume at the regular time Tuesday morning because the school was already scheduled to be closed Friday for an institute day, and on Monday in recognition of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday.

Police said the bomb threat was reported just before noon Thursday. It said that notes were left throughout the school, and that the school would be blown up by seven different bombs that would go off at different times.

Canine units and other investigators continued to search the grounds until about 3 p.m.

Earlier in the day, police said Oak Forest High School were on a "soft lockdown." However, school officials then dismissed students at 1:15 p.m. due to an "ongoing situation."

"Please be advised that all students are safe and more information will follow," school officials said in an alert to parents. "Busses are arriving to pick up students, student drivers and walkers will be dismissed and advised to exit the premises, and all other students needing to be picked up will be held in the cafeteria. "

Social media reports first questioned whether a shooter was at the high school. Police immediately cleared those rumors — there was no shooter or reports of shooting, they said.

A criminal investigation is ongoing.

Police ask those with information about the case to call the Oak Forest Police Department at 708-687-0376.