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The Cuyahoga Falls School District announced late Friday morning that it has lifted a lockdown on its 6-12 campus after a middle school student was found with a loaded gun .The district said that students and staff are safe.
Due to the lockdown, no students were able to enter or leave the campus.The district said school officials were alerted to the gun by other students who reported it to the principal.'Upon receiving this report, the district immediately enacted our safety protocols, and contacted our Student Resource Officers,' the district said. 'Working in coordination with law enforcement, the student was quickly identified and found to be in possession of a loaded firearm.'Cuyahoga Falls Police has the student in custody. It's unclear what prompted the student to bring a weapon to school.'We don’t know why at this point, and I don’t think we ever know the why of why things happen. But we do know our security protocols were effective, and all our students and staff were safe. We’re very grateful that the students reported — we say hear something, say something, and they followed that protocol, and everyone is safe today as a result of that,' said Christine Stewart, Cuyahoga Falls School District coordinator of community relations.Earlier this week, multiple schools in Ohio received swatting calls and went into lockdown. WATCH:RELATED: Multiple schools across the state receive threats, prompting lockdownsDue to the swatting calls across the state, the Cuyahoga Falls School District said school officials were already on high alert.
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