A Parkland, Florida high school where five years ago a gunman killed 14 students and three staff, was placed on lockdown on Wednesday for an undisclosed threat.
After receiving the threat on Wednesday, the Sheriff’s Office Threat Management Unit was told to investigate the situation, triggered by what the department's public information team said was a phone call.
Cathleen Brennan with the Broward County Public Schools, Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs said echoed the Sheriff’s office’s message in that the school was on a secure status.
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