NEW YORK — A Manhattan high school has been placed on lockdown, after guns were found in two backpacks.
The NYPD says that two males were at the Philip Randolph Campus High School with guns in their backpacks.
One has been taken into custody, and another is still on the loose.
In April, the Daily News reported that a staffer at the same school said a note found on a teacher’s desk said, “I am going to shoot the school up, you have been warned.”
(Hamilton Heights, Manhattan) Report of Armed Men at School — Police have established a perimeter around Philip Randolph Campus High School. Updates here: https://t.co/Qyk8hwYeg8 pic.twitter.com/LBF1s4oytD
— Citizen NYC (@CitizenApp_NYC) October 18, 2018
CCNY is in lockdown mode due to police activity at A. Philip Randolph High School, possible high school student with a gun. Stay indoors. Updates to follow.
— City College of NY (@CityCollegeNY) October 18, 2018
Officials later said those threats were not credible.
The school was also threatened on March 1 and March 27. Juveniles were arrested in both of those cases, police said.
Around 1,300 students are enrolled in the school, which is located in a historic W. 135th St. building.
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