Threat prompts extra police presence at Cobb middle school

Extra police officers were at a Cobb County middle school Wednesday after some kind of threat was made against the school.

“Late Tuesday night there was a report of students in a chat room,” Cobb County School District spokeswoman Lauretta Hannon told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “At some point a threat was made against Lovinggood Middle School.”

Although district officials do not think the threat is credible, school and county police officers “are actively investigating” the incident, Hannon said.