Battery To Blame For Tripped Framingham High Active Shooter Alarm

This story was updated at 1:23 p.m.

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Framingham school officials needed to clarify that there was no active shooter at the city's high school after an alarm went off on Friday morning.

"This morning a battery change in a system at Framingham High School tripped the Active Shooter Alarm," Framingham officials said. "This was a false alarm and there was no active shooter at Framingham High School. Students and staff are not in any danger."

District administrators and Framingham Police Department are on-site assisting with the building evacuation and return to classes, but the normal school schedule won't be affected.

Just before noon, officials said they will address this "from multiple approaches" moving forward.

"Operationally, when and why the battery in the system needed to be changed when it did - the cause of the tripped alarm; and managerially, what was communicated in what way and following ALICE protocols," officials said.

They continued:

"Our first priority was to communicate as quickly as possible with students, staff, and families to alert people of the false alarm. We will be providing resources and support to the school community as needed. We are also debriefing the entire process and how, in the event of an actual incident, we can do better. More information will be provided on this."