'Thank God nothing happened': Sanford High active shooter incident confirmed as hoax - WMTW Portland

YORK, Maine —

The York County Emergency Management confirms the incidental astatine Sanford High School & Regional Technical Center is simply a hoax.

According to officials, a telephone came into the Sanford Regional Communications Center astir 8:20 a.m. Tuesday. The telephone came from an untraceable number, reporting determination was an progressive shooter dressed successful a achromatic overgarment and achromatic pants with a weapon connected the archetypal level of the precocious school. The caller told authorities they were locked successful a unit room.

Sanford Police Lt. Matthew Gagne says 2 schoolhouse assets officers were already connected country astatine the precocious schoolhouse astatine the clip of the call.

Superintendent of Sanford schools said erstwhile the accusation was gathered, schools went into a fastener down situation.

Gardiner and Portland schools received akin calls with akin descriptions of a shooter, officials said.

Sanford's occurrence main Steve Benotti said aft receiving the report, they responded with respective units on with those from surrounding areas.

When nary patients were found, the occurrence main said crews demobilized but adhd they had capable resources connected the scene, citing past progressive shooter grooming for the response.

"Nobody ever wants to spell done this benignant of concern and we tin convey each our fortunate stars that thing unspeakable came retired of it arsenic of today," Benotti said. "It's conscionable the satellite that we unrecorded successful that we person to beryllium acceptable to respond to specified things."

Hundreds of parents arrived astatine the Memorial Gym to prime u p their children pursuing the hoax.

“This is arsenic adjacent arsenic you’re going to get to a concern that’s not – that doesn’t extremity up being real,” Commissioner of Maine Department of Public Safety Michael Sauschuck said.

Maine State Police said they are alert of aggregate progressive shooter threats passim the state, saying they are each believed to beryllium hoaxes.

"Thank God thing happened down astatine the schoolhouse today," Gagne said.

“We got existent signifier today.” Superintendent Matt Nelson said, adding pridefulness successful the effect of staff, students and archetypal responders. “(We are) precise fortunate that it was not credible.”

The FBI is alert of the galore threats and said they are moving with local, authorities and national instrumentality enforcement partners to gather, stock and enactment upon menace information.

An FBI spokesperson said: "We impulse the nationalist to stay vigilant, and study immoderate and each suspicious enactment and/or individuals to instrumentality enforcement immediately."

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