The Pennsylvania State Police Troop M Bethlehem Patrol Unit responded to Catasauqua High School, located at 2500 West Bullshead Road, Allen Township, Northampton County on Wednesday for a report of an active shooter within the school.

At 7:57 a.m., PSP Bethlehem received a phone call reporting there was an active shooter in Catasauqua High School and students had been shot. Multiple troopers from the Bethlehem and Fogelsville stations responded within minutes and cleared the school and determined that there was no shooter and the call was a hoax.

The Pennsylvania State Police Bethlehem Criminal Investigation Unit is the lead agency in the investigation and is being assisted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Catasauqua School Resource Officer.

Troopers will continue to have a visible presence at schools throughout the region for the remainder of the school year.