FBI Investigating School Threats in Connecticut

The FBI is investigating at least two of four incidents in which schools in Connecticut received threatening phone calls on Tuesday.

Schools in Bristol, Hartford Public Schools, Stamford High School and West Haven High School all received threatening phone calls around the same time on Tuesday afternoon. 

The FBI is assisting Hartford and West Haven police in their investigations.  It was not clear if they were also involved in the Stamford and Bristol threat investigations.

Bristol Central High School and South Side School in Bristol dismissed students early on Tuesday as a precaution after receiving two separate a telephone threats at 12:45 p.m., according to a voicemail the superintendent left with parents.

The schools evacuated students and buses brought the children home.

Police said patrol officers responded to both schools and determined there was no immediate danger to students. Police are now investigating.   

A Tweet from the principal says the threat was not specific. 

Bristol also canceled all afternoon activities for the day. 

Officials from Hartford Public Schools also received phone threats.

According to Hartford police, it was a false bomb threat consistent with other threats to schools in the region. It's not clear which school received it.

Officials from Stamford schools said Stamford High School received a called in bomb threat early in the afternoon.

The school was evacuated, but buses were called because of the cold temperatures and students were dismissed.

Officers cleared the scene in Stamford late Tuesday afternoon.

Police in West Haven added officers at West Haven High School until dismissal as police investigated the threatening phone call there around 12:30 p.m.

It's not clear if there is any connection between the threats.

NBC Connecticut reached out to Connecticut State Police, but they said they are not involved in the investigations. They are being handled at the local level.

West Haven Public Schools, Bristol Police and Hartford Police put out separate statements confirmed they received a phone call threat at 12:30 pm.

Hartford Police said the threat came from an out of state number and the man first spoke in an unknown language. The called said he had placed bombs on the school's roof, Hartford police said. Nothing suspicious was found at the school. 

Bristol Police said the threat received at Bristol Central High School referenced a person with a gun on school grounds while the threat to South Side School referenced a bomb on campus. 

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