Lockdown lifted at LA Academy Middle School after police check threat of violence against campus

SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles Academy Middle School was briefly placed on lockdown Tuesday after a threat of violence was made against the South L.A. campus, authorities said.

Note: The video in the media player above is from an earlier report.

The threat to the school, located at 644 56th St. in the South Park neighborhood, was made during a 911 call at 1:30 p.m., according to the Los Angeles School Police Department.

LAPD officers responded to the scene, where they joined School Police Department officers in conducting a search for possible victims or suspects.

A parent-student reunion gate was established at Avalon Boulevard and East 56th Street.

Video from AIR7 HD showed dozens of students standing just off the campus property, which was cordoned off with yellow police tape.

The lockdown was lifted around 3:45 p.m. after police checked the campus.

Further details surrounding the threat were not immediately available.