No injuries, 2 students arrested after Adams City High School lockdown

A high school northeast of Denver was on lockdown after Commerce City police said they received a report of a bomb threat. A spokesperson for Commerce City police said no weapons or explosives were found and no one was injured, but later in the day, they said that two students were arrested for filing a false report of a bomb and an active shooter.

While searching the school for suspects, victims, or weapons, officers found “what appeared to be a blood trail” in several areas of the school, according to Commerce City police. They later also found two students who were “covered in what looked like fake blood- the same substance officers had encountered in parts of the building.”

The students are minors but were not otherwise identified by police. They face charges of interference with staff or faculty of an educational facility, felony false report of explosives, and false report of an active shooter…

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