CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Cambridge Police and Cambridge Public Schools issued a warning overnight about a violent threat against the middle schools.
Cambridge Public Schools was informed by police that an anonymous email was sent in threatening gun violence specifically at the Amigos School, Putnam Avenue Upper School and Vassal Lane Upper School. The buildings also contain Tobin Montessori and Kennedy-Longfellow School.
The schools opened Thursday, but officials put extra security measures in place. Police and security had conducted a walk-through off the threatened schools by 6:30 a.m.
Police and security will be present at the front doors of the middle schools throughout the day. There will also be officers present throughout every CPS school buildings.
Police believe the person behind the gun threat is the same one who emailed a bomb scare on Tuesday.
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