Lake Worth school put on lockdown as police investigated report of armed person

LAKE WORTH, Texas — A Tarrant County middle school was put on lockdown Thursday afternoon as police investigated a report of someone with a weapon near the school, officials said.

No threat was found, police said, but officers were searching the Lake Worth district’s Collins Middle School “out of an abundance of caution.”

Lake Worth police said school resource officers were “on scene investigating reports of someone near the school with a weapon.”

The school was placed on lockdown and police were asking people to avoid the area.

Police said they were working on establishing a reunification location for parents and students. 

#LWPDALERT // WEAPON INVESTIGSTION // Collins Middle School // SROs on scene investigating reports of someone near the school with a weapon // School is on lockdown. Please avoid the area. Follow this thread for more info.

— Lake Worth Police Department (@lakeworthpd) October 27, 2022

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