PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office will be heavily monitoring all schools on Monday after a possible school shooting threat.
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At around 7:30 a.m., Action News Jax first became aware of a lockdown at Landrum Middle School in Ponte Vedra Beach.
SJSO states that staff from Landrum Middle received a call from a subject stating that he was going to conduct a school shooting. Officers quickly responded to the scene with Real Time Intelligence Center analysts to take over school cameras. A hard lockdown was implemented while officers searched for the suspect.
SJSO says that a suspect has yet to be located and that there was no current evidence to support that it was a credible threat.
Expect a heavy police presence around all St. Johns County Schools.
Stay tuned as Action News Jax finds out more.
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