Walton High School bomb threat just among hundreds since Apalachee shooting
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Walton High School was placed on lockdown after someone called in a bomb threat on Sept. 17, 2024. **(FOX 5)** **COBB COUNTY, Ga. ** - Wednesday will mark two weeks since the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said a 14-year-old boy walked into [Apalachee High School](https://www. fox5atlanta.
com/tag/crime-publicsafety/mass-shootings/apalachee-high-school-shooting) in Winder and opened fire, killing four people. In the wake of the atrocity, hundreds of Georgia students have gotten themselves in trouble by making threats, even as jokes, and the trend shows no signs of slowing down. In Cobb County alone, 60 threats impacting 40 schools have been made, according to the school district. Walton High School was the latest to receive one of those threats on Tuesday when someone called in to report a bomb threat. There was no active threat to the campus, officials said.