Posted on 09/13/2016 6:33:55 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Emergency crews responded to a report of a shooting at Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania Monday evening, but investigators discovered no gunman, but instead say bubble wrap may be to blame.
"The situation appears to be one where a female student in the dorms of Eastern University heard what she thought were shots fired. She diligently called 9-1-1," Jamie Bilella, Vice President Enrollment Management and Marketing Valley Forge Military Academy & College told NBC10.
Delaware County officials said officers responded to the school after receiving a call reporting a possible shooting about 6 p.m. Police put the school on lockdown while they searched buildings, but found no victims or evidence of the shooting and released the lockdown about 7 p.m.
Police could be seen at the school, some with guns drawn, going building to building as SkyForce10 hovered overhead at 6:20 p.m. Monday.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcphiladelphia.com ...
Sure, this won’t make us even more embarrasing to the world...
I find it disconcerting that a military school student mistook popping bubble warp for gunshots.
It wouldn’t happen at Lyman Ward Military Academy in Camp Hill, Alabama that is all male. There it would have been real fireworks going off.
That gal is a prime candidate for front-line combat.
Isn’t that a school where rich parents send juvenile delinquents to keep them out of the ‘system’?
Like in Police Academy when the guy makes machinegun noises with his mouth and everyone takes cover.
So the student had no idea what real firearms sounded like, just what she heard on TV.
When the Iranians invade all they will need is loudspeakers.
You didn't even bother to read the story, did you?
Wow, a blast from the past. I used to play high school basketball against Lyman Ward.
I saw that movie in the theater...a lifetime ago.
Was the bubble wrap fully automatic, or semi-automatic?
Yeah, me too. Hard to believe it’s been 35 years. I was in the area back in the 80’s and visited Valley Forge because of it.
We need stringent Bubble Wrap Control laws, right now !!!
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