MPD Investigates Threats at MGSD Schools

MOORESVILLE, NC – The Mooresville Police Department (MPD) has recently been investigating a series of threatening phone calls directed at two Mooresville Graded School District (MGSD) schools. On September 5, September 14, and September 18, 2023, officials at Selma Burke Middle School and East Mooresville Intermediate School received multiple phone calls stating that if classes were not cancelled for the reminder of the school year, a bomb would be placed in the schools. On each of these days, MGSD officials and MPD School Resource Officers (SROs) evacuated the school buildings, and the facilities were searched with explosives detection K9s. To ensure student and staff safety, additional precautions were put in place by MGSD and MPD at both schools. MPD Detectives also began an investigation into the threats. Initial investigation revealed that the calls were made using an internet app that hides the caller’s real number and replaces it with an unrelated number. With evidence collect