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In response to police activity in search of a “suspicious man,” several schools in the area enacted lockdown procedures to ensure the safety of their students due to their proximity to the potential threat.
Images and videos shared with 9News depict the tense atmosphere at Golden Grove High School, where students were seen taking cover in cupboards. Alarms blared as police officers moved through the school, adding to the anxiety of the situation.
Parents, like Adreena Axisa, received alarming messages from their children during the lockdown, expressing confusion and fear. Adreena recounted a message from her child: “He said, ‘Hey mum, I love you so much, we are in lockdown and I am hiding in a closet, I have no idea what’s going on’.”
Such messages left parents understandably distressed, with Adreena admitting, “It absolutely scared the hell out of me.”
“[It] absolutely scared the hell out of me.
Kate Nash received a similar message from her daughter.
“I just got a message from my daughter saying, ‘We are in lockdown mum. Don’t know what’s going on, there’s cops everywhere’,” she said.
After dozens of officers combed the area, the true cause of the panic was revealed.
9News understands the “suspicious man” was actually a staff member innocently carrying a toy gun.
There is no suggestion of wrongdoing on the part of the staff member.
Police conducted a final search of the area, before allowing the schools to reopen and classes to resume as normal in the afternoon.
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