On Monday, April 9, 2018 at about 11:15 a.m., the Siskiyou County Sheriff Department (SCSO) received a threat to local schools communicated to the school district by an email. The message claimed that an unidentified person had been bullied at school and was ‘coming to school with 3 bombs and a .22 hand gun (sic)…’ The sender claimed staff, students and law enforcement would be shot or suffer other injuries and bombs would be detonated. Initially, reports were directed to Scott Valley and Tulelake schools. SCSO initiated an immediate response in response to the possible threat.