Crime & Safety
Englewood Schools On Lockdown After 'Shooting Incident'
Englewood police requested the lockdown following a 'shooting incident,' the superintendent said.
ENGLEWOOD, NJ — City schools were placed on lockdown Tuesday morning following a "shooting incident" in town, Superintendent Robert Kravitz said.
Kravitz said the Englewood Police Department recommended the lockdown. All district schools were placed on lockdown at 8:24 a.m.; the lockdown was lifted at 9:10 a.m.
No students were involved in the incident, Kravitz said. The lockdown was enacted "for precautionary reasons," he said.
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Englewood Police Detective Capt. Timothy Torell could not confirm the lockdown and declined to comment
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