Crime & Safety
Bomb Threat At Atlanta School Triggers Lockdown: APS
Someone called in a bomb threat Tuesday to a Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway school, prompting a lockdown at the school, officials told Patch.
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ATLANTA, GA — A bomb threat prompted an interior lockdown Tuesday at John Lewis Invictus Academy, Atlanta Public Schools told Patch.
The interior lockdown included no movement inside of the Donald Lee Holloway Parkway school and no outside visitors, school officials said.
The bomb threat was called in at the school, officials said. It is unknown called in the threat. APS said a bomb was not located after an extensive search.
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"Our APS Police are working to find the source of the call. The school day is progressing as normal," school officials said.
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