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Palo Alto Police Department
Tuesday November 12th, 2024 :: 12:01 p.m. PST

Advisory

Update: Police Response to High Schools; No Threat Found

UPDATE as of 11:50 a.m.: Our searches of Gunn High School and Palo Alto High School are complete. No threats were found. Police and school officials have lifted the shelter-in-place and students will be dismissed as usual this afternoon.

Original post:

Officers are on scene at Gunn High School at 780 Arastradero Road and Palo Alto High School at 50 Churchill Avenue investigating  unconfirmed threats towards the school campuses. 

All students and staff are safe at this time and sheltering place while officers investigate.  As we get accurate information to share, we will post it to our X account at X.com/paloaltopolice.  More information will follow at the end of the incident, which we will post here on Nixel also.

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Palo Alto Police Department
275 Forest Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 650-329-2406

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