HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. —

A school near the Upstate was added to a long list of schools that received false threats Thursday, officials said.

Johnny Duncan Jr., with the Henderson County Sheriff's Office in North Carolina, said North Henderson High School received a robocall falsely reporting an active assailant.

The high school and the adjoining Apple Valley Middle School were immediately placed in lockdown protocol by school officials, Duncan said.

Officers responded and within minutes were able to confirm there was no incident occurring on either campus and that all students and faculty were safe, according to Duncan.

He said the incident is almost identical to other robocalls that have occurred at approximately fifteen other high schools across the nation in recent days.

WRAL reported false threats and deceptive calls were made on Thursday to:

• Jack Britt High School, in Fayetteville, where someone called 911 reporting students had been shot. That report was false, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.
• Leesville Road Middle School in Raleigh was also on lockdown Thursday for about 10 minutes after a prank call that police received.
• In Charlotte, local media reported prank calls to four schools: Olympic High School, Mallard Creek High School, West Charlotte High School, and Northwest School of the Arts.
• The Bladen County Sheriff's Office investigated a report of an active shooter at East Bladen High School.
• The Elizabeth City Police Department said threats...

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