Threat including hit list turns buses around, closes Hempfield Area HS

GREENSBURG, Pa. — Hempfield Area High School is closed Friday because of a potential threat, officials said.

The district’s superintendent, Tammy Wolicki, said high school students were on their way to school when information about the threat was received shortly before 7 a.m., prompting administrators to have buses turn around and take them back home.

The threat included a potential hit list and mass shooting during a school assembly that was scheduled at the high school Friday morning, according to a message from Wolicki posted on the district's website.

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Middle and elementary school students were placed on a two-hour delay to allow time for the buses to take the high school students home.

Pennsylvania State Police are investigating.

Any high school students with information about the threat is asked to contact the high school administration.

Friday’s threat was the third in the district in nine days. One happened March 1 at West Hempfield Middle School and another on March 5 at West Hempfield Elementary School.

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