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Threatening message prompts extra security at Monte Vista High School

Vague but threatening graffiti was found scrawled at Monte Vista High School Monday, prompting heightened security at the campus.
Threatening message prompts extra security at Monte Vista High School

SPRING VALLEY (CNS) - Heightened security will be in effect at and around Monte Vista High School Tuesday due to the discovery of threatening graffiti at the campus.

A vague but menacing marker-pen message was discovered Monday afternoon on a partition wall in a boys' restroom at the Spring Valley secondary school, according to Grossmont Union High School District officials.

The graffiti included "a reference to a possible act of violence" but "lacked any specifics," according to a GUHSD statement.

"The San Diego County Sheriff's Department is aware (of the situation) and is investigating," the advisory states. "Out of an abundance of caution, we will have increased campus supervision and patrols in the area of the school (Tuesday)."

Grossmont Union High School District issued the following statement on the threatening message: 

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