A caller’s false threat to “kill everyone” at Wheaton North High School led to a large police response at the school Monday morning as officers responded to similar threats at Winnetka’s North Shore Country Day School and Wilmette Junior High School.
An individual called 911 around 9:30 a.m. and told dispatchers he or she was armed with a firearm and explosives, Wheaton police said. The caller claimed to be walking into the high school “with the intent to kill everyone,” police said.
Wheaton police and other law enforcement agencies immediately responded to the school, where classes were not in session Monday because of the Presidents Day holiday. Officers found no apparent threats as they searched the campus, police said.
