Columbia Heights Public Schools closed Monday due to threat

Columbia Heights Public Schools are closed on Monday "due to a credible threat," the district said. Ths school district is the same one attended by 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, who was returned to Minnesota after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers apprehended him and his father. 

"No students or staff should report to school today," Columbia Heights Public Schools wrote on social media. 

The district said the closure was "out of an abundance of caution." It gave no information about the nature of the threat, but said it was working with law enforcement to investigate. WCCO has reached out to the Columbia Heights Police Department for more information. 

The district includes five schools and has about 3,400 students, according to its website. 

The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, claimed after Ramos' removal earlier this month that immigration agents "did NOT target or arrest a child." However, the superintendent of the district earlier reported that at least four students in the district had been taken by federal immigration enforcement officers. The district said a 17-year-old boy was reportedly removed from his car on his way to school, and a 10-year-old elementary schooler who was taken alongside her mother two weeks earlier. 

This story will be updated.