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Lockdown lifted at Snohomish High School

Apr 29, 2015, 8:08 AM | Updated: 8:49 am

Snohomish High School was in a brief lockdown Wednesday morning following reports of a gun in the a...

Snohomish High School was in a brief lockdown Wednesday morning following reports of a gun in the area. (KIRO Radio/Chris Sullivan)

(KIRO Radio/Chris Sullivan)

Snohomish High School went into lockdown Wednesday morning following reports of a person carrying a gun on or near the school.

The Snohomish School District announced the lockdown on social media 7:40 a.m. Wednesday stating that police have reportedwere alerted to an individual on campus or near the school with a gun in his or her pants. The lockdown was lifted at 8:40 a.m. All school activities are expected to proceed as scheduled.

The initial report of a gun was made anonymously to 9-1-1, of a man with a gun on campus, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Department.

Snohomish County Sheriff’s deputies searched the area with a K9 unit and did not find a gun.

No suspect or gun was located by deputies. No other schools in the district were placed on lockdown.

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