It was a strange and scary day at Linden Public Schools following a shelter-in-place due to a threat.

Officials say that this threat was related to online misinformation. They say that it was due to rumors that were not true but had very real impacts on the community.

Linden officials say that there is a video circulating online depicting a woman celebrating the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed on Wednesday while speaking at a college event in Utah. People online wrongly identified this woman as an employee of the Linden Public School District.

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As a result, police say the district and an employee were “flooded with threats of violence.”

Police, city officials and school administration say these threats are completely misplaced. The person in the video who celebrated Kirk’s death is not and has never been employed by Linden Public Schools.

It is unclear how and why the school employee was targeted. But the mayor says this employee is completely innocent, with no connection to the controversial video.

The district shelter-in-place was lifted at the end of the school day, and no threats were found. The Linden Police Department says parents can expect to see an added police presence at school this week out of an abundance of caution.

The mayor also shared condolences for the Kirk family.