Updated: Antioch High School Evacuated After Suspicious Package Located

On Wednesday morning just before 10:00 am, Antioch High School was evacuated after someone located a suspicious package. Students were taken to the football field and to the parking lot.

By 10:15 AM, both Antioch Police Department and Contra Costa County Fire were on scene and were investigating. The schools security company Strategic Threat Management and school site safety also worked to assist in the clearing of the campus.

No official details have been released, however, Antioch High School posted the following information in its Twitter Page:

Site currently evacuated. Will post updates as often as possible. No further info currently. Parents please do not come to campus. (Source)

Update (11:07am)

According to Donald Gill, Antioch Unified School District Superintendent, he confirmed the suspicious object was a lithium charging device and that all students are safe. He noted the students were evacuated immediately according to their school site safety plan.

As of 11:05 am, students were still evacuated as BART police had six k9 dogs going through the campus as a precaution. Students will eat lunch and then be released to go home as its a minimum day.

Update (11:45 am)

Update via Lt. Diane Aguinaga of the Antioch Police Department”:

This morning at 09:53 am the Antioch High School Principal called APD to report a suspicious device found in one of the classrooms. Because of the appearance of the device,  all efforts were made to ensure the student’s safety and the students were evacuated to a nearby location. With the assistance of the Walnut Creek PD Bomb Squad and BART PD bomb dogs,  the device was determined to be nothing of concern or danger.  The students were returned to their classrooms less than an hour after the device was found.