NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigations is actively working with state and federal partners to find out the source of a number of hoax calls involving active shooters.
There have been a number of calls placed to local law enforcement reporting these incidents.
Sergeant Bishop Delaney with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said his department has received false active shooter calls twice this week.
"We are a town that is pretty substantial in size. A school such as Rossview High School has two-thousand students. And so you can imagine the panic that's created not only among the student body but the families in the communities when they're hearing about these potential dangers."
He said the impact could have been much worse, if they didn't have SRO's present at the time and if they didn't have help from other local agencies.
In Middle Tennesee, Columbia Central High School and MLK Magnet, were also impacted.
Further out,schools in Chattanooga, Knox County, Jefferson County and Bristol also received the hoax calls.
The impact vast enough, that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, is now working to find out who placed these calls.
Police notified the FBI of the false call and are continuing to investigate the report.
UPDATE: At this time, local, state, and federal authorities -- including the @FBI and @TNDeptofSafety --continue to work together to determine the source of this week's hoax calls, falsely reporting an active shooter, at at least eight Tennessee schools. pic.twitter.com/aNkICZmW0A
— Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (@TBInvestigation) May 3, 2023
At this time, the TBI says that none of these reports have been proven credible and there is no known immediate threat to public safety at this time.
