RIVERSIDE — Stebbins High School was briefly put on lockdown Thursday morning.
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Tips sent to News Center 7 reported that Stebbins High School was on lockdown just before 9:10 a.m.
A spokesperson for Mad River Schools confirmed the school was on lockdown while police investigate a threat.
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Riverside Police later said they initially got a report of suspicious persons in the parking lot.
“A student had reported these subjects and had overheard them refer to a bomb,” Riverside Police said in a statement.
Police and a Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Police K-9 unit cleared the building and parking lot.
The threat was found to be unsubstantiated, and the lockdown was lifted before 10 a.m., according to a district spokesperson.
An investigation into where the threat came from is underway.
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