DURHAM, North Carolina (WNCN) — Eight state high schools, including Fayetteville, Roanoke Rapids and Durham, reported on Thursday an active-duty shooter that turned out to be a hoax, according to law enforcement and school officials. I was targeted with phone calls to
More than seven agencies responded to a call shortly after 8:30 a.m. by a shooter claiming that multiple students had been shot at Jack Britt High School in Fayetteville. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, which is investigating the calls, said no threats or shootings were ever made.
At 11:03 a.m., the Burlington school district lifted the lockdown after another bogus active shooter called 911 in connection with Williams High School.
The Burlington Police Department determined the call was “part of a hoax,” according to a statement from Alamance-Burlington Schools.
“The same number that called 911 reportedly made similar calls today regarding other schools in the state,” the statement said.
This morning, the CBS 17 crew went to Hillside High School in Durham and before 10am another call turned out to be a hoax.
A lockdown order was issued after Durham Police announced they had received a call regarding the shooting.
Police said they searched the building but found no evidence of casualties or shootings.
“We won’t know until we search the building and evacuate some, if not all, of the buildings. So we have to take every call as seriously as possible, so it’s very serious.” Lieutenant Inspector Quincy Tate of the Durham Police Department told CBS. 17 news.
Then, shortly before noon, the Roanoke Rapids Police Department confirmed another call to Roanoke Rapids High School claiming a fake active shooter situation. by posting to Facebook.
According to police, 15 law enforcement officers were on the scene and within three minutes they checked every building on campus, and within 30 seconds SRO officers were on the scene.
Police also thanked all local partners such as EMS, Highway Patrol and the Halifax County Sheriff’s Office for their quick responses, but said they wanted to “remind everyone that calling a hoax is a crime.” rice field.
Shortly after 1:30 p.m., the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office announced that a fifth school, East Bladen High School, was the target of the fifth hoax call.
A school in Elizabethtown was thoroughly checked by law enforcement agencies minutes after it was reported that a shooting had occurred at the school.
The sheriff’s office also said this trend of hoax calls was occurring throughout the eastern United States, with reports of a common shooter at each school.
Other schools in North Carolina reporting similar calls throughout the day include Wilkes Central High School in Wilkesboro, Grimsley High School in Greensboro, and Parkland High School in Winston Salem.
