Cops Investigating Phoned-In Bomb Threat For Lockhart Elementary School

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Community Affairs, Crime News, Education News, Police News, St. Thomas News

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islands Police responded to Lockhart Elementary School this morning after 911 reported that a male phoned in a bomb threat.

The 911 Emergency Call Center received a call at 10:21 a.m., from a male stating he was going to blow up the Lockhart Elementary School then hung up, according to the VIPD.

“The Lockhart Elementary School is currently on lockdown due to a bomb threat made against the school on May 2.” police said in a Facebook post. “VIPD and other emergency personnel are on the scene investigating.”

Parents and the general public are asked to refrain from coming to the school’s Charlotte Amalie campus.

“More information will be provided on the status of the school.” police said on social media.

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.