(Photo by JEFFREY HASTINGS) State troopers and Concord police arrive at the St. John Regional School this morning in response to one of several hoax calls regarding an active shooter.

State Department of Safety and Homeland Security, and the state Department of Education, are issuing bulletins regarding the multiple calls reporting active shooter threats, which are currently believed to be a hoax.

“The Department of Safety is aware of multiple calls reporting active shooter threats at schools throughout the state. Multiple state agencies are assisting local law enforcement agencies that are responding to those calls and with the investigation into those calls, HSEM community outreach coordinator Vanessa Palange said in a statement.

She added that the New Hampshire Information Analysis Center “is heavily involved in coordinating these investigations,” and that “other jurisdictions across the country have also reported receiving hoax calls.

At this time, these reports are believed to be a hoax. However, all threats will be taken seriously until such time as their validity is determined.”

There was no immediate word whether schools in Greater Nashua received threats.

More information will be posted as it becomes available.

–Dean Shalhoup

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