Νιου Τζέρσεϋ: Καταγγελία για οπλισμένο μαθητή - Επέμβαση της Αστυνομίας

Με εντολή των Αρχών, το σχολείο μπήκε σε καθεστώς "lockdown" και ξεκίνησε εκτεταμένη επιχείρηση για λόγους ασφαλείας.  Αστυνομικοί με ημιαυτόματα όπλα, με την συνοδεία ειδικά εκπαιδευμένων σκύλων εισέβαλαν στο εκπαιδευτικό ίδρυμα και άρχισαν να ψάχνουν πόρτα - πόρτα, αναζητώντας το όπλο και, φυσικά, τον καταγγελόμενο μαθητή.  Όμως, μέχρι τις 5 το απόγευμα, όταν και αποχώρησαν τελικά από τον χώρο, δεν βρήκαν πουθενά το όπλο για το οποίο είχαν ειδοποιηθεί.

Αντίθετα, τέσσερις μαθητές συνελήφθησαν και οδηγήθηκαν στο Αστυνομικό Τμήμα, όπως έγινε γνωστό λίγο αργότερα όμως, η σύλληψή τους δεν αφορούσε πιθανή οπλοκατοχή αλλά την συμπεριφορά τους κατά την διάρκεια της έρευνας της Αστυνομίας.

Παράλληλα, μια κοπέλα μεταφέρθηκε στο νοσοκομείο σε κατάσταση πανικού, επηρεασμένη από την κατάσταση που δημιουργήθηκε.  Παράλληλα, έξω από το σχολείο συγκεντρώθηκαν έντρομοι και δεκάδες γονείς και συγγενείς των μαθητών.

Η Αστυνομία διεξάγει έρευνα για τις συνθήκες του περιστατικού.

Authorities responded to Essex Valley School in West Caldwell Wednesday afternoon after the school was placed on lockdown.

The incident began shortly after noon, according to West Caldwell Police.

A student told a member of the school staff that another student at the school had a gun, police said.

The school was placed on lockdown as a precaution, police said.

A room-by-room search has not turned up any weapon.

Officers entered the alternative school with shields and guns drawn after someone reported a student inside with a gun. Officers armed with semi-automatic weapons were called in.

The New Jersey State Police and the Essex County K9 units left the scene as of 5 p.m., WCBS 880′s Alex Silverman reported.

Concerned parents rushed to the school to make sure their kids were safe.

"I just want my daughter. Prayer was the first thing I could do," mother Valerie Chapman told Sloan. "My concern is my daughter. The not knowing is making me very upset. I came all the way from West Orange and I just want to make sure my daughter is out and safe and I'm concerned and I'm very upset because the school never notified me. I had to hear it from a bus driver and I just want to talk to my daughter."

Throughout the ordeal, some students peeked through the windows of the private alternative school for children with behavioral and learning problems.

"I don't know, that's the thing. Bus drivers were not alerted so I really don't know what the situation is but I am concerned about the students I have to take home," bus driver Lisa Douglas told Sloan.

"There are kids with behavioral issues with some of the kids who attend here. As far as my kids who are on my bus, I don't have any problems with them, they're great kids," bus driver Dajuan Holmes said.

Dogs able to sniff weapons started searching the school as cars and bus drivers were turned away.

Police said no one was hurt but an apparently emotional woman was taken out of the school on a stretcher.

Four students were led out of the school in handcuffs, CBS 2′s Christine Sloan reported.

Sources said the students taken into custody did not have anything to do with the lockdown but became agitated while in school during the lockdown.

They will likely face disorderly conduct charges.

The incident is under investigation.