SLOSheriff
DATE AND TIME OF INCIDENT: 9-19-2024, APPROXIMATELY 9:30 AM
PLACE OF OCCURRENCE: NIPOMO HIGH SCHOOL, NIPOMO
VICTIM INFORMATION: N/A
SUSPECT INFORMATION: N/A
On 9-19-2024, Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a report of a threat made against Nipomo High School in Nipomo. The threat was general in nature and was not directed at any one person at the school.
Deputies arrived on scene and began searching the school as well as the nearby New Tech High School.
The high school made the decision to lockdown the school and have the students shelter in place while the search was being conducted.
Deputies were assisted in the search by Sheriff’s Detectives and K9’s from the Sheriff’s Office, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office.
Following an exhaustive search by law enforcement the threat was deemed not credible. The investigation into this incident is continuing. No further information is available at this time.
