Lakewood School Briefly Locked Down, But Gun Report Unfounded: PD

LAKEWOOD, NJ — Oak Street School in Lakewood was locked down briefly on Thursday after authorities received a report that a student had firearm, police said.

Lakewood police were called to Oak Street School about 8 a.m. for the report that a student had a gun, Capt. Gregory Staffordsmith said. School administrators locked down the school as a precaution before police arrived.

Police found the 8-year-old student was not armed, and a search both of the school and the bus he rode to school turned up no weapon, Staffordsmith said.

"The school administrator is handing this incident internally and (the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency) was also notified," he said. "We'd like to take this opportunity to applaud the school staff and students for their response to this incident."

In addition to Lakewood police and detectives, Lakewood EMS, the Lakewood Fire Department, school resource officers and the police department's Strategic Response Unit responded.

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