HPD investigates phone threats made to six Oahu schools

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The Honolulu Police Department is investigating threats made by phone to six Oʻahu schools within a short period of time on Friday.

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Armed officers were stationed at schools in Waipahu, Manoa, Aiea, Kaneohe and Honolulu as a safety precaution.

HPD is assessing the credibility of the threats and whether the incidents are connected.

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Some schools, including Punahou School and Le Jardin Academy, had no classes scheduled Friday, but activities still took place on campus.

Video showed armed police officers on Punahou school grounds around 1:30 p.m. The school’s director of communications said an investigation concluded there was no credible threat to the school within the hour and operations are expected to resume as planned on Tuesday.

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No further information is available at this time.