Law Enforcement responded quickly after receiving a report of a student with a firearm at Alliance High School last Wednesday afternoon.
According to a report issued by Interim Alliance Police Department Chief Kirk Felker, at 1:36 p.m., officers received a report of a student with a gun at Alliance High School. Following the Standard Response Protocol, the school went into immediate lockdown.
APD Officers, who were assisted by Box Butte County Sheriff’s Office Deputies, made contact with the juvenile when they arrived on scene at 1:38 p.m. The juvenile was detained and the weapon was recovered.
Alliance Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Troy Unzicker explained in a release that high school staff received the name of a student with a weapon in a backpack. He said that as the lockdown was being lifted, they received another report of a potential second suspect with a firearm.
“The school re-entered lockdown and the police officers who were still on site investigated the report and found no there to be no threat,” said Unzicker. “The lockdown was lifted and the police will continue their investigation of this incident.”