Kentucky school in lockdown
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -February 20, 2008 Police went from room to room at Fern Creek Traditional High
School and interviewed potential witnesses, but no gun had been
found by midmorning, police spokesman Phil Russell said.
A student had reported that she thought she saw a young man with
a weapon talking to two others in the school cafeteria, said
Jefferson County public schools spokeswoman Lauren Roberts. She
said the student didn't recognize the young man.
Police helicopters hovered over the school, which has more than
1,200 students, and television video showed an officer with a dog
searching cars in the school parking lot.
Several dozen parents gathered outside the school. Some said
they had received text messages from their children saying they
were locked in their classrooms with the lights out.
A nearby elementary school also was placed on lockdown as a
precaution.
