Feb 8, 2013, 11:00 AM | Updated: 11:21 am
Dobson High School in Mesa was briefly evacuated Friday morning in response to a possible bomb threat.
Students tweeted photos of crowds gathered at the campus stadium. The school is at Guadalupe and Dobson roads.
They were allowed back into classes after an hour-plus.
The safety measure came a day after a Tempe high school was locked down after a shooting in the area.
A police officer shot an alleged shoplifter of a hardware store on Sunday in Glendale, authorities confirmed.
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