North Fulton Today

Federal, state and local agencies are now investigating a series of fake calls of an active shooter on school campuses across the state.

Cartersville police and officers from surrounding agencies were drawn to the high school last week after receiving a 911 call reporting an active shooter; a recent report from FOX 5 Atlanta said. After a search, officers determined the call was not reporting a real threat.

"The frustration over these false calls is tremendous," Mo Canady of the National Association of School Resource Officers told FOX 5 Atlanta.

All across the state, terrifying calls were made to a number of local schools, including in Savannah, where a call to a local school prompted a huge law enforcement presence and a massive search that turned up no evidence of security concerns.

In Milton, Cambridge High School was placed on a hard lockdown after police reported someone called 911 claiming to be a teacher and said shots had been fired, prompting a sweep from officers that turned up no evidence of a shooting; FOX 5 said.

Authorities noted that since September, more than 30 other states have been hit with so-called swatting calls at various schools across the country, with officials warning that the calls could cause trauma among students and staff and are tough on law enforcement; the FOX 5 report said.

The FBI released a statement confirming they had received numerous reports from schools across Georgia and are working with local law enforcement to identify the source, the report said. Gov. Brian Kemp said those behind the calls will be caught and face charges for their "domestic terrorism."