Jefferson High School lockdown – Louisville cops evacuate building after reports of an ‘active aggressor with a gun’

LOUISVILLE cops evacuated a high school after reports of an “active aggressor with a gun.”

Several Louisville Metro Police responded to the scene at Jeffersontown High School in Louisville, , shortly after 1pm local time.

Footage from the scene shows a “heavy police presence” at the institution.

Students appeared to be holding their hands to their heads as they were led through a parking lot.

LMPD Police Chief Erika Shields said that someone may have entered the school with a gun, reported.

However, the chief confirmed that no injuries have yet been reported.

Jefferson County Public School spokesman Mark Hebert told , the high school is on a heightened security alert, which some districts call a lockdown.

Officers have reportedly been searching the building room by room for a “person of interest.”

Meanwhile, staff and students were being released to the school’s football field.