DougCo sheriff: School threat not credible after reports of ‘concerning’ photo

DENVER (KDVR) — The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office determined that there doesn’t appear to be a credible threat after several students reported rumors of a “concerning” photo.

On Thursday morning, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said there were numerous Safe2Tell reports, an anonymous reporting system for students, involving “rumors of a possible school threat and a concerning photo.”

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The sheriff’s office said it’s still investigating, but there “does not appear to be a credible threat,” and the photo doesn’t appear to have originated locally.

A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office told FOX31 that there has been an increasing number of Safe2Tell reports, but it isn’t unusual after Wednesday’s shooting at Evergreen High School, where a student shot and injured two students before he took his own life…

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