Multiple schools in Vermont receive threats of school shootings

MONTPELIER — Multiple schools in Vermont have received threats of school shootings.

At this time, none of these threats is believed to be credible, and the incidents appear to be hoaxes.

The calls have been reported to originate from VOIP phone numbers or potentially spoofed 802 numbers.

They also appear to be associated with ongoing nationwide hoax phone threats of school shootings, bomb threats, and other violent events that have proved to be unfounded, police say.

The Governor’s Office, Agency of Education, Department of Public Safety, Vermont State Police, Vermont Intelligence Center, and local law-enforcement agencies are actively engaged in the response to these calls.

Gov. Phil Scott called the fake threats “an act of terrorism designed to create chaos and stoke fear that can be exploited.”