NORTH STAFFORD, Va. — Officials in Stafford County said two schools were briefly placed on a secure the building status after the sheriff’s department received a 911 call about apparent shots fired in an area near campus.
No shots were fired on or near the school campus, but someone called 911 earlier this afternoon to report hearing them while classes were still in session at the combined campus of A.G. Wright Middle and Garrisonville Elementary schools in North Stafford. An official said the shots fired could have come from someone hunting in nearby woods, and callers reporting hearing shots fired can be commonplace.
“We responded to the school as a precaution after we received the report of what sounded like shots fired in the area, but nothing was found,” said Stafford sheriff’s spokesman Bill Kennedy.
The students at both schools have been dismissed without incident after the secure the building mode was lifted, added Kennedy.
The concern comes after a shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut left 27 dead today, most of the victims being young children in a kindergarten classroom.
