Man arrested in connection to Cape Coral High School bomb threat
Updated: 6:54 PM EST Feb 29, 2024
A man was arrested, according to NBC2 sources, in connection to a bomb threat made toward Cape Coral High School that prompted a lockdown at the school and several nearby schools Wednesday morning.Kevin Christensen, 49, allegedly showed up wearing camo and carrying a backpack, then threatened to bomb the school on Santa Barbara Boulevard South, which prompted the lockdown. All lockdowns were lifted several hours after the threat. Cape Coral police and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office rushed to the school, searching for Christensen from the ground and in the air. A student heard about the incident and reported it.Christensen never went inside Cape Coral High and walked north along Santa Barbara Blvd. “I was very scared, my classmates were scared too, it had us nervous and I was planning how to escape,” said Brandon Jimenez, a senior at Cape Coral High. Thankfully, investigators never found any evidence of a bomb. At the same time, Cape Coral police say a report of potential gunfire near the parking lots of Publix and Target, directly opposite Cape Coral High School, was investigated. It was later determined the sounds were caused by a motorcycle backfiring, not gunfire.Christensen has only been charged with drug possession at this time, but sources told NBC2 that police are working with the State Attorney’s Office to also charge him with disruption of a school function.DOWNLOAD: Free NBC2 News app has your latest breaking news updates and alerts
A man was arrested, according to NBC2 sources, in connection to a bomb threat made toward Cape Coral High School that prompted a lockdown at the school and several nearby schools Wednesday morning.
Kevin Christensen, 49, allegedly showed up wearing camo and carrying a backpack, then threatened to bomb the school on Santa Barbara Boulevard South, which prompted the lockdown. All lockdowns were lifted several hours after the threat.
Cape Coral police and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office rushed to the school, searching for Christensen from the ground and in the air.
A student heard about the incident and reported it.
Christensen never went inside Cape Coral High and walked north along Santa Barbara Blvd.
“I was very scared, my classmates were scared too, it had us nervous and I was planning how to escape,” said Brandon Jimenez, a senior at Cape Coral High.
Thankfully, investigators never found any evidence of a bomb.
At the same time, Cape Coral police say a report of potential gunfire near the parking lots of Publix and Target, directly opposite Cape Coral High School, was investigated. It was later determined the sounds were caused by a motorcycle backfiring, not gunfire.
Christensen has only been charged with drug possession at this time, but sources told NBC2 that police are working with the State Attorney’s Office to also charge him with disruption of a school function.
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