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No device found following bomb threat against San Marcos Elementary School

San Diego County sheriff's deputies
Posted at 2:24 PM, Feb 08, 2023
and last updated 2023-02-08 23:14:49-05

SAN MARCOS, Calif. (KGTV) — No device was found following a bomb threat made against San Marcos Elementary School Wednesday afternoon, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.

The department received a call around 1 p.m. about a bomb threat at San Marcos Elementary School.

After learning of the threat, school officials made the decision to evacuate the school.

“School buses then transported the students to San Marcos Middle School, where they were reunited with their families,” the department said.

Deputies then searched the entire campus along with bomb-sniffing dogs from the Cal State San Marcos Police Department, and the San Diego State University Police Department.

Nothing suspicious was found at the school, the department added.

Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the San Marcos Sheriff’s Station at 760-510-5200.