NYPD investigating shooting threats made to two Brooklyn high schools

"Two Brooklyn high schools received threats about someone coming to shoot students - and cops are trying to determine if the same caller made both unfounded threats, police said Tuesday. The menacing phone calls were made within minutes of each other, beginning at 8:15 a.m. Monday at Cristo Ray Brooklyn High School, a Catholic high school on E. 37th St. in East Flatbush, and at Brooklyn Prospect High School, a charter school at 3rd St. and Fort Hamilton Parkway in Kensington."

"In each case, someone called, claiming, "Someone will be there in five minutes to shoot up the school," a police source with knowledge of the case said. During at least one of the threats, the caller used a vocal distortion device to conceal their voice, police said. Administrators at the Cristo Ray School said it was the first time they'd ever received a threat of this type."

Two Brooklyn high schools received menacing phone threats claiming someone would arrive to shoot students, with calls made within minutes of each other beginning at 8:15 a.m. Monday. The calls targeted Cristo Ray Brooklyn High School in East Flatbush and Brooklyn Prospect High School in Kensington. In each case the caller said, "Someone will be there in five minutes to shoot up the school," and at least one call used a vocal distortion device to hide the voice. Police responded to both schools, no injuries were reported, both threats were declared unfounded, and investigators are determining if the same person made the calls.

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