Alabama school locked down after threat of clowns showing up
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Another Alabama school was on lockdown after a social media post warned of clowns showing up to the campus.
AL.com (http://bit.ly/2cNAxEO ) reports that Shades Valley High School in Irondale, about 7 miles (11 kilometers) east of Birmingham, was locked down Monday after a student alerted authorities to Facebook posts hinting that clowns might show up to the school.
Irondale police Officer James Lewis, a school resource officer, says "there was no threat."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Lewis says authorities spoke with the student who reported the Facebook posts, which have since been removed.
Lewis says the soft lockdown is a precaution only, and there is no disruption to classes.
Similar incidents have been reported throughout Alabama and across the southeast.