Littleton (MA) High School under lock-down after threat

Boston.com (Boston Globe) ^ | 04 Feb 2003 | Boston.com staff

[Hemingway's Ghost]

BOSTON -- Littleton High School and two elementary schools in the area are under lock-down today after an anonymous threat was made to the high school, according to local media.

Officials and parents, who gathered at a local church, say that all students are out of harms way. Police and SWAT teams are on the scene and investigating.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

developing . . .

[dfwgator]

Must be exam time.

[areafiftyone]

I wonder if it was the same kind of threat we had about a week ago in NY. Some teenager from NY on the internet threatened another Columbine in NY Schools to his chat friend in Arkansas. She called the FBI and he was caught. They locked down all the schools and said it was a threat. We didn't find out until the next day what it was.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Apparently they found a kid inside Littleton HS with a gun . . .

[mhking]

Streaming video (WMP):

WHDH/Boston: mms://video.whdh.com/live

[boomop1]

Barney must be visiting, has to select his escort for tonight.

[mhking]

Updated from WCVB/Boston:

Reports: Littleton H.S. Under Lockdown Police, School Officials Have Not Released Details

POSTED: 10:08 a.m. EST February 4, 2003
UPDATED: 11:06 a.m. EST February 4, 2003

BOSTON -- Police have been on the scene at Littleton High School in Littleton, Mass., Tuesday morning, and say that the school is under lockdown while they investigate reports of a threat.

In the meantime, a command post has been set up for concerned parents at a local church.

No students or teachers have been reported hurt and school officials said they will be holding a news conference this morning.

Crews on the scene said classrooms are being searched.

NewsCenter 5 and The Boston Channel.com will have more details as they become available. Refresh this page for updates.

[OldFriend]

Maybe they are upset cause they found out it's Kohn and not Kerry after all this time.

[basil]

Well, it's a lead pipe cinch that they won't find a responsible adult in the school with a gun. It isn't allowed!

[Corin Stormhands]

This near you?

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Report Cards are due out.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Maybe they are upset cause they found out it's Kohn and not Kerry after all this time.

Kerry's now afraid of potential references to wimpy Robert Kohn from The Sun Also Rises. Sources report that Kerry was relieved upon learning the character's last name was spelled with a C vice a K.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Principal: Mr. Smith, just calling you at work to let you know Johnny seems a bit well uhhhh distraught.

Mr. Smith: OK, I will run home on my lunch hour and check the gun cabinet to see if any guns are missing. If they are I will call CNN.

[bribriagain]

It's about 10 miles from my home, my wife works in Littleton. Turned out to be a hoax.

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

My thoughts and prayers are with the parents.

In this case, is a lockdown the smartest thing? Is it not a lockdown -with- the distrought student?

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Thank-God. It sounded, off. Thank God it is a hoax. I thought Kennedy ate all the food in Boston and caused distrought folks. W H E W!!!

[Redcloak]

That's impossible to enforce. It's time to ban distraught teenagers.

[ClearCase_guy]

I live in Littleton, MA. Sleepy place. About 8000 people. The sort of town where people hear about bad events far away and say, "That would never happen here."