South Pike school officials and Magnolia police had few additional details Thursday about reported threats against South Pike High School on Wednesday.
Threats reportedly made on social media put the high school on lockdown about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Superintendent Johnnie Vick said.
Magnolia police and firefighters as well as Pike County sheriff’s deputies responded to the high school and stayed until after students were dismissed at 3 p.m.
Vick said the school stayed on lockdown until Magnolia police had detained three juvenile South Pike High School students.
“We take all threats seriously and we will always do that,” Vick said. “We reacted to protocol through our crisis management plan to make sure everybody’s safe.
“There were never any weapons on campus or anything like that. We just erred on the side of caution according to our crisis management plan and what it calls for whenever a threat is made.”
Magnolia Police Chief Ray Reynolds had no new details about the ongoing investigation into the threats.
He would not say whether they were credible threats against the school, only that the department treats all threats as credible.
