School officials in Dedham, Massachusetts, have canceled Friday night’s football game — the first of the year — after a violent threat was made. Superintendent Nan Murphy of Dedham Public Schools and Dedham Police Chief Mike D’Entrement announced in a message to the school community Friday that an anonymous threat had been called in to Dedham High School.

An anonymous caller told the school about a rumor that a student was going to “shoot up the football game,” Dedham school officials announced.

A high school game was postponed Friday after Dedham High School received a call saying a student was going to "shoot up the football game today."