Phoenix High School Put on Lockdown After Report of Teen With Gun
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A high school was put on lockdown for about two hours Monday after a student reported seeing a teenage boy with a gun.
Paradise Valley School District spokeswoman Audrey St. Clair confirmed the lockdown at Horizon High School had been lifted later Monday morning but declined to elaborate.
A call to Phoenix police was not immediately returned.
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Phoenix police Detective Stacie Derge had said earlier that police were searching the campus for the teenager after the 8:40 a.m. report.
She said authorities didn't believe the teenager was a student at Horizon.
The school posted a notice on its Web site saying all students and staff were safe, and that the lockdown was lifted at 11 a.m.
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According to the school Web site, Horizon has about 2,300 students in grades nine through 12.