A suspect was arrested March 12 in connection with a social media threat targeting Taft High School in Woodland Hills, authorities said.
One of the social media posts showed a gun and another warned of a shooting.
Police arrived at the Winnetka Avenue campus around 9 a.m. that day after word of the threats spread among students and staff.
Students were seen trying to leave the campus by scaling a fence, and hundreds of parents went to the school to pick up their children.
Officials said the suspect wasn’t a student at the school, but no further information about his identity has been revealed.
“At this time, there is no indication that the individual, who is not a student of LAUSD, posed a credible threat to students and staff,” Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) officials said in a message to Taft students’ families March 13.
LAUSD officials said they would have extra support staff to reinforce security in the area.
“We take the safety of our students very seriously. In an abundance of caution, the Los Angeles School Police Department will provide support and extra patrols on and around our campus,” the message said.
The message added that “our school will also provide resources for students who may need additional mental health support because of this incident.”
Officials told Taft families that police had arrested the person responsible for the threatening posts.
District officials recommended that students and parents download the Los Angeles Schools Anonymous Reporting app, which is “designed to report non-emergency incidents anonymously.”
