Cosumnes River College shelter order ends after police search campus following threat
Students and staff at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento were told to shelter in place for more than 90 minutes on Monday due to a “threat of violence against the campus,” community college officials said.
The shelter order was lifted early Monday afternoon after police searched the campus and did not find the suspect.
“Earlier today, an individual made a threat of violence against the campus at Cosumnes River College,” college officials wrote in a statement posted to social media just after 11:30 a.m.
“Los Rios Police Department cannot yet verify the validity of the threat, so we have locked down the campus as a precaution and alerted students, faculty and staff.”
A text message alert sent to students at 12:48 p.m. said police activity at the campus “has been resolved and the campus is secure.”
A search of the campus by police ended shortly before 12:45 p.m. with no suspect located, according to dispatch radio traffic.
The initial email and text message alert sent to students at 10:58 a.m. read: “Cosumnes River College EMERGENCY: Shelter in Place immediately. Lock doors and windows immediately and await further information. If not on campus, please avoid the area.”
No additional details were immediately available from the community college, located in Sacramento’s Valley Hi/North Laguna neighborhood, or from the Los Rios Police Department about the nature of the threat.
This story was originally published November 21, 2022 at 11:22 AM.
