Beaverton Facebook Threat: All Schools Spend Day In 'Lockout'

BEAVERTON, OR – All the schools in the Beaverton School District were placed under lockout conditions on Wednesday. Lockout means all doors to the school are locked and no outside activities occur.

The lockout was the result of a series of threats that were made again schools during a 12-hour period.

The district, which received the threats by phone and Facebook, immediately reported each one to the Beaverton Police Department and the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

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The first threat was posted to the district's Facebook page on Tuesday night.

The second one came at 7:16 a.m. on Wednesday. A caller to Westview High School's front office told the person who answered the phone that, "You will all die."

After that call, all buildings in the district were placed in lockout.

Just before 9 a.m., another threat was posted on the district's Facebook page. This one included a link to a photo of a firearm.

Investigators determined that the photo was taken by a media station in Europe in 2012.

The photo was used in similar threats made to other districts around the country,

Another threat was sent 43 administrators in the district.

At 11:27 a.m., they received an email saying there would be violence at "a middle school" in the district.

Officials have determined that the email was sent through a server system that allows users to remain anonymous. The server has also been used to send threats to other districts around the United States.

"We continue to communicate with the FBI and other partnering law enforcement agencies to find the true origins of these threats," the Beaverton Police Department said in a statement.

"It is unknown why the Beaverton School District is being targeted with these threats. The investigation is ongoing."

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