Crime & Safety
School Locked Down After Call About a Gun
The lock down was lifted within the hour when no gun was found on campus.
By Bay City News
An elementary school in Half Moon Bay was locked down for about 30 minutes Thursday afternoon after school officials got a call about a gun, a San Mateo County sheriff’s spokeswoman said.
The lockdown at Alvin S. Hatch Elementary School at 490 Miramontes Ave. started at 1:23 p.m., Deputy Rebecca Rosenblatt said.
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Deputies set up a perimeter around the school and walked the entire campus looking for a gun and anyone suspicious or threatening. The deputies found neither and the lockdown was lifted at about 1:50 p.m., Rosenblatt said.
She said the school was operating normally again and students would be going home at their regularly scheduled time.
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