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George Washington High School Lockdown: Full Story of Armed Man Near Campus

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George Washington High School in Pennsylvania has been placed on lockdown. Police are on currently on the scene. Authorities reported to they school after they received word of a man spotted nearby with a gun. The man was allegedly pointing the gun at students. George Washington High School is located at 10175 Bustleton Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Police are currently on the scene searching for the possible armed subject and no injuries have been reported. Officers responded to the scene around 11 a.m. local time.

Police say a suspect is in custody but no gun was found. At this time, authorities are speaking with the suspect to determine what he had.

The lock down at George Washington High School is just the latest in a string of threats, lockdowns, bomb threats, and shootings that have plagued the United States.

Over the course of the past few years, shootings such as these have been a scourge upon the country and people have struggled with coming up with a solution. Lockdowns have become all too common as a means of protection when students and faculty are in danger and today is no different.

This lockdown follows incidents at Dodd Middle School in Connecticut, Windham Public Schools also in Connecticut, Pacoima Middle School in Los Angeles, Millennium Middle School in Florida, and US Grant High School in Oklahoma, which are just some of the places where events such as this have occurred.


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