UPDATE: Pine Bush High School Lockdown Today – According to New York State Police Trooper Steven Nevel, reports of an active shooter at Pine Bush High School on Wednesday afternoon were proven to be baseless. According to Nevel, the campus was gradually opened up after the school had been shut down for about three hours and an hour over the scheduled dismissing time. No staff members or students were hurt in the incident.
According to Nevel, the Crawford Police Department received a call early on Wednesday reporting a shooter at the high school; however, officers later discovered the caller was making up the situation. According to Nevel, the police are not currently disclosing information about the caller. Parents, guardians, and buses were still scurrying to get kids out of the school as of 3 p.m. on Wednesday, according to Nevel.
In a statement Nevel stated that “There is no threat to the community. Parents don’t need to be concerned. All of the kids are being released and are safe.” Nevel also added that “The school went into lockdown, and we followed standard operating procedure,” Nevel said. “Kids were locked in rooms while a systematic search was done to make sure there was no validity to this threat, and right now it turns out to be unfounded.” Obviously concerned parents want to be with their kids, and they want to make sure their kids are safe and to hug them,” Nevel said. “Even when these shooter things are unfounded, the initial fear of any parent is just immediate panic.”
PREVIOUS STORY: Pine Bush High School Lockdown Today – After what appears to have been an active shooter hoax on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, State Police report that Pine Bush children are “slowly being released” this afternoon. The district office and Pine Bush High School are both on lockdown due to reports of an ongoing incident in the high school building, according to a message from the school administration posted online. Additionally, there is a lockout at EJ Russell Elementary School and Crispell Middle School.
There is an ongoing situation at the high school, and authorities are searching every room one by one. In order to notify parents that they will not be permitted on campus, the Crawford Police Department is requesting them to go to the Pine Bush Fire House.
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