Yorktown HS Secured After Telephone Threat; W-L HS Suspect Charged

ARLINGTON, VA — Arlington County police officers went to Yorktown High School late Thursday morning after the school received a telephone threat, according to the police department.

The school was placed on “secure the building status” as officers investigated the credibility of the threat, the ACPD said around 12:15 p.m. on Thursday.

About 15 minutes later, police said the "secure the building status" had been lifted after no evidence of a crime has been found.

“Out of an abundance of caution, a visible police presence will remain around the school,” police said.

The telephone threat at Yorktown High School came less than a day after a man was arrested at Washington-Liberty High School and charged with disorderly conduct and threats on school grounds.

Shortly before 7 p.m. on Wednesday, police were dispatched to the sports stadium at W-L on N. Stafford Street. The man had entered the stadium and started making threats of harm to other people, police said.

The man, Eric Myhre, 35 of Arlington, was detained by bystanders and taken into custody by officers, police said. Myhre was taken to the Arlington jail and held on no bond, according to police.

In February 2022, Yorktown High School was placed on lockdown after someone contacted the police saying the school office had received a threatening phone call, in which a student said they were going to shoot up the school.

After the school was put on lockdown on Feb. 10, 2022, police made telephone contact with the caller, who said they were armed and inside a school bathroom with two hostages.

Police began evacuating students from Yorktown during that incident. Searching the school, police found no evidence of the suspect's claims, and the lockdown was lifted by early evening.

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