Montgomery County Schools Sheltering In Place Hours After HS Evacuation For Bomb Threat: Police

Several Montgomery County schools were forced to shelter in place on Monday afternoon, just hours after Wootton High School was evacuated for a reported bomb threat.

Montgomery Village Middle School
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Zak Failla

11/27/2023 12:57 p.m.

Members of the Montgomery County Department of Police were busy on Monday, Nov. 27, first investigating the threat, then with a shooting in the 20400 block of Lost Knife Circle that forced the Montgomery Village Middle School, Stedwick, Watkins Mills, and Whetstone elementary schools to shelter in place around noon.

The early morning threat was ultimately determined to be unfounded, and the investigation into the reported shooting was ongoing shortly before 1 p.m. on Monday afternoon.

More information is expected to be released.

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