Two guns have been found inside Weaver High School in Hartford and a student has been taken into custody in connection with the incident.
The school was in a code yellow lockdown until about 3:15 p.m. Since then, all students have been dismissed, buses have left and the lockdown was lifted.
A firearm threat was initially reported around 11:30 a.m. According to a statement from Hartford Public Schools, no students or staff were injured, and the police have deemed everyone safe.
“The investigation is ongoing, whether or not there was more students involved or if just one student was specifically involved in bringing the firearms to school,” said Lt. Aaron Boisvert of the Hartford Police Department. At this point, Hartford Police are out here investigating, as well as security, as well as our special investigative unit.”
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School security personnel have since secured classrooms. Officers are conducting a protective sweep of the area and students are expected to be released soon.
"The safety and security of our students and staff is our highest priority," Hartford Public Schools spokesman Jesse Sugarman said. "We will continue to partner with HPD to ensure our community is cared for and students dismissal can transpire in a safe and orderly fashion."
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Parents say they want their children to feel safe at school.
"When the parents go to work during the day, we want to feel the board is doing all they can do to keep their kids safe,” said Jessie Pierce of Hartford Parent University.
“I don’t have words. I don’t have words to explain of how I’m feeling right now, but definitely the worst experience ever and I don’t want to go through this ever again,” said Weaver student Eleidi Pizarro.
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