Students at several Las Vegas area schools have been staying home or leaving early in the wake of social media threats involving clowns.
KSNV-TV reports Clark County School District officials say rumors about creepy clowns terrorizing campuses, possibly with a firearm, are a hoax.
Despite the reassurances, some students skipped school Friday.
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Clown threats have popped up in schools in other states.
Three Cincinnati, Ohio school districts canceled classes on the same day and two people were arrested amid a rash of similar threats.
In Reading, Ohio, police say a woman reported someone in a clown costume grabbed her by the throat and made threats toward the local schools.