A Lake Charles elementary school was evacuated Wednesday after an email sent to police and media claimed the letter's sender had killed a staff member and planted a bomb in the school.Â
Oak Park Elementary, 2001 18th St., resumed classes after the Lake Charles Police Department evacuated the campus to conduct a search.
Police received a call about 10:40 a.m. notifying them about the threatening email, according to a department announcement. Officers did a sweep of the building and deemed it safe. Students and teachers were , KPLC reported.Â
In an email sent to the Acadiana Advocate and several organizations, the sender claimed to be a teacher who decided to kill themself. The sender wrote that they had planted a "lead azide device" in the school after they killed a colleague and left the body in a bathroom.Â
The sender claimed they were driving to the Orleans Justice Center to "take my revenge" and then cut their own throat.
Police said in a phone call that the email was a hoax, and an investigation into the incident is ongoing.Â
Anyone with additional information on the incident is asked to call the Lake Charles Police Department at (337) 491-1311.Â
