An active shooter was reported Monday, but the school later said that the report was really a 'swatting' incident and that everyone was safe.
An active shooter was reported Monday, but the school later said that the report was really a"swatting" incident and that everyone was safe. Adding to the scare, a police officer's gun accidentally went off during the search, leading to even more of an emergency response.
Classes at St. John's Prep in Danvers, Mass., are cancelled Tuesday after a hoax active shooter call sent the school into a lockdown on Monday, followed by a massive police response in which an officer accidentally fired his weapon inside one of the school buildings.Sign up for NECN newsletters. “This is everybody’s nightmare, and every parent, given the context of our culture today, is concerned that things like this can happen," St. John's Prep Headmaster Ed Hardiman said.
But it was a chaotic and at times terrifying experience for both students and parents, as the veracity of the threat was sorted out.
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