Round Rock Schools Placed On Lockdown Amid Nearby Gun Sighting

ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — Three schools in Round Rock was placed on lockdown mode on Monday afternoon after a report about a man with a gun next door, according to reports.

Deep Wood Elementary School, Chisholm Trail Middle School and Round Rock High School were placed on a lockdown mode Monday afternoon before the all-clear was issued about an hour later, according to reports. The move was prompted after a call to police related to a man seen with a gun at a home adjacent to Deep Wood Elementary along St. Williams Avenue, police told media outlets.

A Round Rock ISD spokesperson told KVUE Deepwood Elementary was placed on lockdown at 3:08 p.m. while Chisholm Trail Middle School was placed on lockdown mode at 3:30 p.m. The spokesperson told the news station Round Rock High School also was placed on lockdown, but officials didn't specify the length of time.

Before details were released, residents took to Twitter reporting a heavy police presence at the site. No injuries were reported. The sight of openly displayed firearms has become more common since the Jan. 1, 2016, passage of the so-called "open carry" law championed by conservative lawmakers as an expression of the 2nd Amendment. But in an age of heightened shootings at schools, the increasingly common sight of a gun near an educational setting is cause for understandable alarm.

One resident reported seeing nine police cars along with ambulances and fire trucks responding to the scene.

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