CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / LOS ANGELES
After two threatening messages were found in a boys’ bathroom at Hamilton High School, officials increased security Friday at the campus.
The first message was found Wednesday when students saw a note scribbled on the wall warning that students would be injured on “4/24,” said Earl Perkins, assistant superintendent of school operations for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
“We immediately began an investigation into the matter,” Perkins said. “Our first priority is our students . . . and staff.”
That message was removed, and another was found Thursday that read: “Jews will be injured,” Perkins said.
He said rumors about the threats spread among students through text messaging, Facebook and MySpace, giving officials further reason to seek security from school district police and the Los Angeles Police Department.
Hamilton’s principal notified parents about the threats through a telephone alert system and the school’s website.
-- Ruben Vives
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