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Police were investigating a string of reports of active shooters or threats to several California schools on Wednesday.
Authorities were working to confirm whether any shootings had actually occurred at the schools, although some reports were quickly deemed false.
There were reports of shootings, lockdowns or evacuations at Lancaster High School in the Antelope Valley, Mater Dei Catholic High School in Chula Vista, Gibson Elementary and Bullard High School in Fresno and Santa Rosa High School.
The Santa Barbara Police Department tweeted that reports of an active shooter at Bishop Diego High School are false. “Zero evidence of an incident,” the tweet said and all students are safe and accounted for. The false report is under investigation.
