PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Police are investigating after a bomb threat was made against a school bus with students onboard Thursday afternoon.
According to the Prince William County Police Department (PWCPD), the threat was made aboard a school bus carrying students from Forest Park High School.
The bus returned to the school and all students were safely evacuated.
The bus was unoccupied and isolated as a bomb K9 was brought to the school to search the bus. A short time later, officials say the bus was cleared and no device was found.
PWCPD said Friday the threat was made by a student who was on the bus. No charges has been filed against that student at this time.
The threat was made the same day as Dunbar High School students and staff were evacuated from campus following another bomb threat. Over an hour later, police say the school was safe.
The FBI Washington Field Office, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Washington Field Division, and the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department have raised the reward to $500,000 for information leading to the arrest of a suspect who placed pipe bombs near the headquarters of the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C., in January 2021.