HOLLYWOOD, Calif.—A “shots fired” report that resulted in a police response to the campus of Hollywood High School Sept. 13 was a “hoax,” authorities said.
Officers were sent to the campus on Highland Avenue north of Sunset Boulevard at about 9:45 a.m. on a report of an assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. A preliminary investigation determined that no one had been injured, police said.
A short time later, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said on Twitter that the incident was being considered a “hoax.”
“Recent reports of a critical incident at Hollywood High School are unfounded and, after swift law enforcement response and internal individual classroom verification, we are deeming the incident as a hoax,” Carvalho said….