Crime & Safety
Toms River South Under Shelter In Place: Police
Multiple Toms River police are at the school in response to a potential fight; there is no threat of weapons, police said.
TOMS RIVER, NJ — Toms River High School South is under a shelter-in-place order on Friday morning in response to a report of a potential fight, Toms River police said.
"Out of an abundance of caution, we currently have multiple police units at Toms River High School South for a shelter in place," police said on the department's Facebook page. "We are asking parents not to respond to the school."
A female student told authorities that an acquaintance might "come to the school to fight," police said.
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"There is no threat of weapons," police said. Toms River police officers will be at Toms River South until the investigation is complete, they said.
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