Crime & Safety
Threat Prompts Lockdown at Teaneck High School
Lockdown lifted after report of gun in the school, police say.
was briefly locked down Thursday afternoon based on a report of a gun in the building, police said.
The lockdown was lifted after police conducted a search and did not find a weapon, said Detective Capt. Glenn O'Reilly. The incident remained under investigation Thursday afternoon and there were no arrests.
School officials first learned of the threat, but it was not clear how.
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Police said they responded to the school around 2:25 p.m. The lockdown was lifted around 3 p.m.
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