Is Jeffersontown High School in Kentucky on lockdown?
WHAT started out as an ordinary day, turned into a parents worse nightmare after the Jeffersontown High School in Kentucky was placed on lockdown.
Wave 3 News in Kentucky was one of the first to report a at the school on September 23, 2021.
Is Jeffersontown High School in Kentucky on lockdown?
Jefferson County Public School spokesman Mark Hebert told , the high school was on a heightened security alert, which some districts call a lockdown.
Officers had reportedly been searching the building room by room for a "person of interest."
At around 1:30pm, staff and students were seen being escorted out of the school with their hands over their heads in a single-file line.
Why was the high school placed on lockdown?
The lockdown came after reports of an “active aggressor.”
LMPD Police Chief Erika Shields told that there was a report of someone who may have entered the school with a gun.
Louisville Metro Police Department later confirmed that the lockdown was caused after a former student had unlawfully entering the building.
The student was later taken into custody and the lockdown was lifted.
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- September 21: A 15-year-old was charged in connection to a that left two students wounded
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