Attleboro School: Lockdown In Place During Search For Gunman

A middle school in Attleboro, Massachusetts was put on lockdown earlier today while police searched the area for a gunman allegedly spotted by students. Attleboro Police Department issued an announcem...
Attleboro School: Lockdown In Place During Search For Gunman
Written by Amanda Crum
  • A middle school in Attleboro, Massachusetts was put on lockdown earlier today while police searched the area for a gunman allegedly spotted by students.

    Attleboro Police Department issued an announcement on their Twitter feed this afternoon about the lockdown at Wamsutta Middle School, saying they were searching for a black male wearing baggy pants and a white shirt. Several students reported seeing the man before he fled into a field behind the school and into a wooded area.

    Students were later released to family members, and there has been no update on the department’s Twitter feed. No shots were reported fired, but any report of a person with a gun near school grounds is of course taken seriously, especially after last December’s tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. 26 people–20 of those children–were fatally shot when Adam Lanza opened fire inside the school.

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