Wakefield schools placed on lockdown
ON THIS STORY TO CALL RALEIGH
POLICE RIGHT AWAY. BACK TO YOU.
THANK YOU, MARK.
>> WE HAVE FRIGHTENING DAY FOR
SOME PARENTS AND STUDENTS IN
RALEIGH AS THE WAKEFIELD CAMPUS
WITH THE ELEMENTARY MIDDLE AND
HIGH SCHOOLS ALL WENT ON A CODE
RED LOCKDOWN. NOW WHAT WE'RE
LEARNING FROM RALEIGH POLICE
IS THAT ONE PERCENT AT SCHOOL
WAS DETAINED AFTER A FALSE
THREAT WAS MADE BY PHONE
WRAL'S. SARAH KRUEGER IS LIVE
FROM THE WAKEFIELD SCHOOL'S
CAMPUS AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE
STUDENT AND HIS MOTHER, SARAH.
>> DEBORAH, IT'S NOT CLEAR WHY
THAT ONE PERSON WAS DETAINED
BECAUSE HE IS A JUVENILE
RALEIGH. POLICE ARE RELEASING
VERY LITTLE INFORMATION.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS THAT
EVERYONE HERE, EVERYONE AT THE
SCHOOLS IS OKAY. STILL THE
SITUATIONS HAVE AN EMOTIONAL
IMPACT.
>> RADIO TRAFFIC FROM
BROADCASTIFY HIGHLIGHTS HOW
RALEIGH POLICE JUMPED INTO
ACTION AFTER THEY SAY THEY GOT
A CALL ABOUT SOMEONE WITH A
GUN.
>> INSIDE THE SCHOOL RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH. UNITS THAT ARE
SWEEPING THE MAIN LOBBY.
>> AFTER A SEARCH, POLICE SAY
THEY FOUND NO GUN AND
DETERMINED THE THREAT WAS NOT
CREDIBLE. A POLICE SPOKESPERSON
SAYS THEY DETAINED ONE JUVENILE
RELATED TO THE INCIDENT.
YOU CAN HEAR THOSE MOMENTS IN
SCANNER TRAFFIC, THE SHERIFF TO
SEARCH OR THEY ARE CURRENTLY
DETAINING SOMEONE. IT'S VERY,
VERY, VERY CONCERNING. CINDY
POTTER FOUND OUT ABOUT THE
SITUATION FROM HER SON, A
WAKEFIELD SENIOR WE PULLED IN
FROM LUNCH. AND WE NOTICED THAT
THERE WERE LIKE 5 POLICE
OUTSIDE STANDING AT THE SCHOOL
TALKING.
>> WE HAVE STUDENTS WERE
RUNNING IN THE LUNCHROOM AND
WE DECIDE NOT TO GET OUT HOAX
OR NOT. POTTER SAYS THE THREATS
TAKE AN EMOTIONAL TOLL WITH SO
MUCH GOING ON. NOWADAYS.
IT'S IT'S JUST IT'S TERRIFYING.
IT'S SAD. IT'S SCARY. IT'S.
>> YOU CAN'T HELP. BUT TO JUST
FREEZE UP, YOU KNOW.
AND REGARDING THE JUVENILE WHO
WAS DETAINED, I HAVE ASKED WHY
HE WAS DETAINED AND ALSO HAVE
ASKED.
>> IF HE IS A STUDENT HERE AT
ONE OF THESE SCHOOLS, I HAVE
ASKED THAT OF RALEIGH POLICE
AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AT THIS
POINT. BOTH SAY THEY CANNOT
TELL ME THAT INFORMATION.
DEBORAH, A LOT OF EMOTIONS