Aubrey Rogers High School placed on temporary lockdown

Collier County Public Schools has issued a statement about a brief lockdown at The principal of Aubrey Roger High School, during which deputies reportedly went from room to room.

“The Collier County Sheriff’s Office was on campus immediately and, in collaboration with school administrators, determined that the lockdown was not credible,” wrote principal Ellen Keegan. “There was never an active threat on campus.”

The lockdown was lifted after about 15 minutes, Keegan noted.

“All students and staff followed appropriate lockdown procedures and the school was released from lockdown room by room beginning around 11:15am [sic]. Normal operations resumed once all classrooms were released,” she stated.

Still, the deputy response and lockdown alarm startled students and concerned parents, some of whom wrote in to WINK News.

Students sent text messages to parents and loved ones in fear, and WINK News was given a cellphone video of the school alarm going off from inside one of the classrooms, which you can play below.

In a Facebook post, CCSO wrote, “Deputies responded to Aubrey Rogers High School shortly before 11 a.m. following a lockdown activation at the school. Deputies went room to room throughout the campus and found no threat to student or staff safety. The campus has been cleared and normal operations have resumed.”

It remains unclear why the school was placed under the sudden lockdown, but the Collier Public Schools sent parents the following text Friday, just after 11 a.m., “ARH is currently on a lockdown and students are following lockdown procedures. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office is actively investigating.”

A public information office for CCSOconfirmed the lockdown and that it ended without incident 15 minutes later but did not explain what event triggered it to happen.

CCSO also directed WINK News to school officials for more information.

The school district has yet to respond. However, at around noon time, over in Cape Coral, the city’s police department shared a social media post that they investigated a social media threat from out of state that had gone viral.

“We’ve had concerns from students and parents at Challenger Middle School of a social media threat going around involving Raytown, Missouri, regarding a Friday the 13th shooting. Our detectives have completed a thorough investigation. The investigation revealed that a Raytown, Missouri threat was repeatedly shared on social media until it reached Cape Coral. There is no credible threat at this time and no cause for concern for the school or surrounding community.”

While details around the Collier school’s lockdown remain limited, we will continue to update you whenever new information becomes available.

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