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Threat On Wall Prompts Evacuation At Front Range Community College In Longmont

LONGMONT, Colo. (CBS4)- Two buildings on the Front Range Community College in Longmont were evacuated on Wednesday morning after the school received a threat. The campus was given the all clear at 1:30 p.m. and students were invited back to campus at 4 p.m.

Longmont Police Cmdr. Jeff Satur told CBS4 that the school at 2121 Miller Drive was evacuated after a threat was discovered written on the wall.

Police believed the threat was credible and evacuated the school at 9:30 a.m. The Boulder County Bomb Squad searched the campus for anything suspicious. The bomb squad did not find anything suspicious and cleared the campus at 1:30 p.m.

Front Range Community College
Front Range Community College in Longmont (credit: CBS)

Anyone with information about the threat is asked to call the Longmont Police Department at (303) 651-8501.

Police are investigating whether Wednesday's threat was related to a social media threat at the Front Range Community College Larimer campus in Fort Collins on Friday. That school was evacuated as a precaution.

"It's all precautionary right now ... it's heightened because of the other threats we've received in the last couple of days," Satur said.

Sebastian Calvo
Sebastian Calvo (credit: Larimer Co. Sheriff)

Police arrested Sebastian Calvo for suspicion of interference with staff, faculty or students of educational institutions. Calvo was a student at the college.

"I'm thinking someone just wanted to be a copycat or thought they could get a day off, but in the end we will have to do the work at some other point," student Leon Fueller said. "We're just going to cram in to a shorter schedule now. I just think it's very stupid, it's just burning money."

Front Range Community College has campuses in Westminster, Longmont, Fort Collins and Brighton.

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