False Alarm At Haltom Middle School Brings Police, Causes Lockdown And Evacuations

HALTOM CITY (CBSDFW.COM) —  There was a heavy police presence at Haltom Middle School in Haltom City and students were exiting the building early Wednesday afternoon after what police determined was a false alarm.

Hundreds of students and staff could be seen outside on the campus in the 5000 block of Hutchison Way.

Administrators released a statement saying that the campus was placed in lockdown around lunchtime after a report of a person possibly entering a back door at the school, with a weapon.

"We take care of safety first, we locked down the school, we made sure the students and staff were safe, police arrived and luckily today there was no threat on campus, nothing was found, nobody really entered the building," said Mark Thomas, Chief Communications Officer, Birdville ISD.

Outside the school, hundreds of parents came to the school to pick up their children, terrified about what was going on.

"The scariest thing you can think of, that people were hurt and needed to come right away," said parent Jessica West.

Police are investigating this incident to determine whether the call was a prank or someone legitimately saw someone.

School is expected to resume as normal tomorrow.

As for students staying on campus, administrators say school will be resuming the normal schedule as soon as possible and will release at the normal time.