Denver closed all of the city’s public libraries Wednesday and an Adams County high school canceled classes after receiving threats amid a surge of hoax calls and threats of violence both in Colorado and across the nation.
Both organizations opted to cancel the next day’s operations, which included closing 25 branch libraries across Denver and halting bookmobile operations.
“Similar threats have been sent to libraries in other states,” he said, adding that police will conduct extra patrols around library locations as a precaution. The unfounded threats have put many parents and educators on edge, said Randy Barber, a spokesman for the Boulder Valley School District. Last week, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Officeon a man in Superior and seized a handgun, journals and “digital evidence” as part of an investigation into online threats of a school shooting and “racially biased material.”
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