Law enforcement personnel said that officials decided to place Silverton High School on lockdown on Apr. 11, 2025, over a potential shooting threat following a 911 call made from inside the school.
An initial search was conducted and completed by the school resource officer and several officers from other neighboring agencies who reported to the school. Silverton law enforcement officials said they did not find any threats.
Silverton High School Shooting Threat
Amid the lockdown, students were transferred to nearby Silverton Middle School, located at 714 Schlador St. At around 3:09 p.m., the high school was cleared with no threat found anywhere, and parents were called to come to the middle school to pick up their kids.
Additionally, Silverton police said that one student at Silverton High School had an unrelated medical incident during the lockdown but was quickly treated. Officials said that the investigation into the initial 911 call was still ongoing.
Police officials from Marion County Sheriff's, Oregon State Police, Mt. Angel, Woodburn, Stayton, Hubbard-Donald, and Canby responded to the 911 call. The Silverton Fire District and Woodburn Ambulance also came to the school, according to the Statesman Journal.
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Authorities also let students with cars parked on campus walk onto the campus to get their vehicles at around 4:15 p.m. However, students were not allowed to go inside the high school yet but will be allowed to get their stuff back on Monday.
During the lockdown of Silverton High School, District Assistant Superintendent Anthony Rosilez said that the other district schools were also able to secure their perimeters. When officers were investigating the area, public information officer Sam Willits was the one who told parents to go to the middle school to reunite with their children, KGW reported.
Potential School Shooting
There was a similar incident that occurred at Port Charlotte Middle School where a student was arrested after posting shooting threats on Snapchat. The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office said on Thursday that there was a physical altercation between two students captured on video and shared on social media.
The footage showed one student saying, "Bring the gun, Ma, bring the gun." Later, the child posted a video in a group chat where he was seen holding a firearm and making threats. Officials said another student alerted Charlotte County Sheriff's deputies to the situation.
When detectives interviewed the student, he denied his involvement in the matter, saying that he was only holding a BB gun. However, they found his explanation lacking and later arrested him and charged him with sending a written threat to conduct a mass shooting, as per Wink News.
