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  "path": "/crime/2026/05/19/threat-called-in-to-west-chicago-community-high-prompting-lockdown-school-says",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T18:26:30.091Z",
  "site": "https://chicago.suntimes.com",
  "textContent": "<p>Someone called in a threat to West Chicago high school Tuesday morning, prompting a large police presence and a lockdown of the school on its graduation eve, said the school and police. </p><p>Officers responded to an \"incident\" in the area of West Chicago Community High School, 326 Joliet St., police posted to X. </p><p>\"There will be a large police presence until the incident has been resolved. Please avoid the area so we can assess the situation,\" the post said. </p><p>\"Everybody is ok right now,\" said a school spokesperson who added police were \"making sure\" before the students, who were placed on lockdown, would be released. </p><p>A police spokesperson, who said no one was hurt, declined to elaborate on the situation and a spokesperson for the fire department said they were not called there. </p><p>According to the school's website<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.d94.org/\" target=\"_blank\" >, a graduation was scheduled for 7 p.m. </a>.<br></p>",
  "title": "Threat called in to West Chicago Community high, prompting lockdown, school says",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-19T18:34:02.004Z"
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