Roy High School resumes classes after pieces of detonated flash-bang device were found in parking lot

ROY — Students at Roy High School resumed class activities Monday after being evacuated after the discovery of pieces of a "detonated flash-bang device" in the school's bus parking lot.

Students were evacuated around 7 a.m. and were kept at a safe location until the building was cleared, according to Weber School District public information officer Lane Findlay.

"Law enforcement officers with specialized K-9 units (were) searching the building," Findlay said. "We do not believe there is any danger to staff or students, but we want to make sure there are no other devices at the school."

Classes resumed as normal once the building was cleared; however, some students were picked up by parents or left the school early due to having to wait outside in the cold, according to comments made on KSL's Facebook post about the evacuation.

A flash-bang is a nonlethal explosive that causes a bright flash and loud sound, according to Findlay.

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