UPDATE: According to the Lafayette Parish School System, Comeaux High School has transitioned to a ‘shelter in place status while the campus resumes daily activities and students are served lunch. Visitors will not be able to enter or leave campus during this time.’
The Lafayette Police Department says at approximately 8:14 am, an unknown male made a phone call to the Comeaux High School Administration threatening to blow up the school.
According to LPD, Lafayette Police School Resource Officers were notified, and safety protocols were enacted to protect students and faculty. All students and faculty were then escorted and moved to a safe location away from the school.
As officers and additional personnel from the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office and ULL Police Department arrived to assist, Lieutenant Jace Quebedeaux says a protective sweep and search of the entire school was performed utilizing a bomb sniffing canine. When no device or threat was located, and upon concluding the search of the school, the entire campus was deemed safe, and students were escorted back to the school.
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LAFAYETTE, La. — Comeaux High School remains on evacuation status following a bomb threat Thursday morning.
Law enforcement continues to investigate and sweep the campus in response to the threat, according to a spokesperson for the Lafayette Parish School System.
Visitors will not be able to enter or leave the campus.
Students and staff are safe at this time, the spokesperson stated.
Students will be served lunch when they return to campus.
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