Police temporarily locked down a pair of high schools Wednesday in the Van Nuys/Lake Balboa area in response to anonymous phone calls containing a shooting threat.
The threats were directed at Birmingham Community Charter High School at 17000 Haynes St. in Van Nuys and High Tech Los Angeles Charter High School at 17111 Victory Blvd. in Lake Balboa.
Birmingham Community Charter received an anonymous phone call shortly after 9 a.m. Wednesday, a Los Angeles Police Department representative told City News Service.