Police clear threats that prompted lockdowns at two San Diego high schools

UPDATE (2:00 p.m.):
LA MESA, Calif. (CNS) — The La Mesa police department has cleared Helix High School around 1:15 this afternoon, with no threat found.

Helix High School and San Diego High School were both in lockdown after receiving similar, virtually simultaneous, unfounded threats of violence today.

The threats were received from the same number in the late morning at Helix Charter High School in La Mesa and San Diego High in the East Village, according to police.

School administrators kept students and staff secured indoors while officers searched the campuses and their environs, finding no hazards, authorities said.

Normal operations were underway again at the schools as of early afternoon.

It was unclear if the threats were related, though their timing and other similarities suggested that they likely were, according to police.

Details on the nature of the threats were not released.

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LA MESA, Calif. (KGTV) — La Mesa police are investigating a threat at Helix High School that forced the school to initiate its secure campus mode.According to City of La Mesa officials, police officers and a helicopter were dispatched to the campus on 4200 Lowell St. due to the unspecified threat.School officials placed the school under its secure campus protocol as police conduct their investigation.Just after 11 a.m., a message on Helix High’s website stated: “We are currently in a Secure Campus status. Students and staff are inside with doors locked, and normal instruction is continuing. If you are not already on campus, please do not come to school until we provide an update. The campus is currently closed.”No other details were released.This story will be updated as more information becomes available.