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Lockdown lifted at Sweet Home High School

Posted at 2:44 PM, Oct 18, 2018
and last updated 2018-10-18 14:59:44-04

A lockdown has been lifted at Sweet Home High School after Amherst Police determined there was no threat to the campus community.

The lockdown went into effect around 2:10 p.m. after police say a student thought she heard a gunshot in the parking lot.

Officers searched the area but found no evidence that a gun had been fired. 

Students will be released under police supervision as a precaution. 

 

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