Report of Mask-Wearing Man at Elm Place School Was False: Cops

HIGHLAND PARK, IL - Police in Highland Park responded to a report that a man wearing a mask exited a vehicle around 1 p.m. outside Elm Place School and began taking photographs of students at recess.

But after they reviewed video of the area in question, police say it appears no such threat took place.

"Police responded promptly to the school and searched the surrounding areas for the described vehicle without result," police wrote in a news release Wednesday.

The reported incident took place while students at both Elm Place and Indian Trail School were outside together at recess. Adult supervisors were outside at the time, and none of them saw a suspicious person or received the initial report.