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McClatchy High School Evacuated For Suspicious Guitar Case

10 a.m. UPDATE: The suspicious item has been found to be guitar case with guitar foot pedals and deemed to be safe.

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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Students and staff are being evacuated from a Sacramento high school after a suspicious item was spotted outside the school.

Principal Peter Lambert says the item is not believed to be dangerous, but students and staff are being evacuated as a precaution.

The principal said the evacuation is a precaution, but the item is not believed to be dangerous.

Posted by CBS13 CBS Sacramento on Thursday, September 22, 2016

Sacramento Police say they are investigating the object found in front of the school at around 7 a.m. on Thursday. The parking lot at the school is closed, as well as some of the front classrooms.

Freeport Boulevard has also been closed.

Parents were notified by the school in a phone call just after 8 a.m. on Thursday.

 

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