Mt. Pleasant High School on lockdown following active shooter threat

MT PLEASANT - The Mt. Pleasant High School was on lockdown Wednesday afternoon following an active shooter threat.

On Dec. 11, at approximately 1:45 p.m., the Mt. Pleasant Police Department received a 911 emergency phone call stating there was an active shooter situation at the Mt. Pleasant Community High School, according to a news release from the District Superintendent John Henricksen.

'The High School was immediately placed on lockdown and law enforcement responded to the scene,” the release reads. 'Law enforcement and school officials went room-by-room through the High School and determined there was no threat.”

The lockdown was lifted by 3 p.m. and everyone was reported safe, according to a Facebook post by the Mt. Pleasant Police Department.

The phone call, police determined, was a hoax and the suspected caller is in police custody.

This story will be updated with more information as it is released.