No credible threat found after bomb scare at Southern California middle school

A middle school in Long Beach was placed on lockdown Tuesday morning due to a potential bomb threat that was later cleared.

Police officers and K-9 units were seen canvassing the campus of Hamilton Middle School at 1060 70th St . just after 8:30 a.m.

Parents were also seen gathering outside the school, presumably trying to get more information on the situation. Students were moved to the auditorium as a precaution, according to KTLA 5’s Rich Prickett.

According to Prickett, reports of a “pipe bomb or something that resembles a pipe bomb” was reportedly found in a grassy area near the school, but law enforcement never confirmed those reports.

By 9 a.m., school officials and Long Beach Police Department officers had completed their sweep of the school and found no credible threat.

No other information regarding the bomb scare was immediately released.

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