Atlanta school bomb threats cleared after evacuations; students and staff safe

Students and staff are safe after bomb threats prompted evacuations at three elementary schools in Atlanta, Georgia, and a lockdown at a fourth, according to a police update.

Morningside, E. Rivers and Springdale Park elementary schools were evacuated while police searched the buildings. Virginia-Highlands Elementary was also placed on lockdown.

Multiple agencies responded and worked to ensure students and staff were outside the buildings during the searches.

Police said all threats had been cleared and lockdowns lifted.