Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff was rushed out of an event at Dunbar High School in Northwest Washington, D.C., Tuesday over a bomb threat.
Secret Service whisked Emhoff out of the building at 2:18 p.m., and Emhoff’s staff told reporters attending the event that the school had reported a threat to U.S. Secret Service. An announcement came over the intercom at 2:34 p.m. asking teachers to evacuate the school, and reporters left as well. The second gentleman’s office confirmed he was rushed from the building over the threat. D.C. police responded to the scene.
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Students, who were in fourth period at the time, assembled on the field.
D.C. Public Schools press secretary Enrique Gutierrez confirmed it was a bomb threat, and that everyone is safe.
“We had a threat today to the facility so we did — basically we took the precaution of evacuating everybody, as you saw. I think everyone is safe. The building is clear. But I don’t have any specific details at this moment,” Gutierrez told reporters.
Dunbar Principal Nadine Smith told reporters the school district directed them to send students home after the building is cleared.
Emhoff was visiting Dunbar High School’s Museum of Dunbar History for a Black History Month event. The school, founded in 1870, was America’s first public high school specifically for Black students.
The Secret Service did not provide reporters any more details about the incident. Vice President Kamala Harris was not at the event.
This is a developing story.
