'No Weapon Found' After High School Placed On Lockdown: Police

Chicago IL

03 November, 2021

4:39 PM

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CHICAGO — A Chicago high school was put on lockdown Wednesday afternoon when police said a person called authorities to warn them of a student with a gun. Police said they responded to Schurz High School for reports of a fight where one person possibly had a weapon. The school is located at 3601 North Milwaukee Avenue in the Old Irving Park neighborhood. After searching the building, police said the lockdown was lifted at around 12:30 p.m., about 30 minutes after the school began the lockdown. "The facility was locked down and no weapon was found at this time," police said in a statement.