California Schools Increase Police Presence After TikTok Shooting Threats

California Schools Increase Police Presence After TikTok Shooting Threats
Children walk towards Orange County Sheriff's Department vehicles as they depart Hewes Middle School in Santa Ana, Calif., on August 2, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
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California schools were on heightened alert Dec. 17 after school shooting threats were circulating nationwide on TikTok and other social media.

It is unclear where the anonymous and vague school threat first originated from but the posts warn of shootings and bomb threats at schools around the country on Friday.