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Bomb Threat Forces Ben Lomond High Evacuation as Police Search Campus

The campus will reopen Friday following a precautionary sweep.

Overview

  • The threat was called in at 8:39 a.m. Thursday at Ben Lomond High School in Ogden, Utah.
  • Students and staff were evacuated and accounted for, with classes canceled for the rest of the day and set to resume Friday.
  • Officers deployed K-9 units, drones, and a SWAT team to clear the building as the investigation continues.
  • Police said they do not believe there is an immediate threat to the surrounding community.
  • Officials asked the public to avoid the area, and local reports said some other Ogden schools were briefly locked down with details still being confirmed.