Trace Christenson, and Safiya Merchant

Battle Creek Enquirer

After online threats to detonate bombs and shoot students surfaced on Facebook and prompted a search of all Lakeview School District buildings, Superintendent Dave Peterson says no threat exists to people's safety, all buildings are clear and school will resume Tuesday.

Peterson said law enforcement and district personnel have searched all district buildings and did not find anything. A bomb-sniffing dog was also brought in and checked Lakeview Middle School. The district also checked video surveillance.

All Lakeview School District buildings were closed Monday after the threats to detonate bombs and shoot students and staff was posted Sunday on the Facebook page of a 12-year-old Battle Creek girl.

Peterson said early Monday morning, officials decided there was no way to check all buildings and track down leads before school started Monday.

"When we have a threat, we have to take it serious," Peterson said.

Earlier Monday, Battle Creek police said they had no evidence that the threats made on Facebook against Lakeview Schools were credible.

"We are trying to determine who posted the threats but there is nothing legitimate with the threat," Lt. Matt Robinson said Monday morning.

Officers checked both Lakeview Middle School and Lakeview High School after the threats were found and nothing suspicious was located, police said.

About 1:20 p.m. Monday, the district said on its Facebook page all after-school activities and events scheduled for Monday evening were canceled.

Battle Creek and Michigan State police as well as district administrators were continuing efforts to clear "all district buildings for the safe return of staff and students and to verify the source and validity of the threat," according to the post.

Police did find an unlocked door on the east side of the high school building and officers checked the building and school officials reviewed surveillance camera recordings and said no one had entered the building.

Police said after the Facebook posting, 911 emergency operators began receiving calls at 9:46 p.m. Sunday.

They located the girl and interviewed her and her mother, who said her daughter had been sleeping for more than 30 minutes before the first posting.

The girl said she had used Facebook on Friday in the presence of some other young people and at least one had apparently learned her password.

Police said the investigation is continuing.