Schools Put On Lockdown After Snapchat Threat

AURORA, Colo. (CBS4) - School security put Prairie Middle School and Overland High School on lockdown Wednesday. Concerned parents began showing up to the school at around noon.

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Aurora police say it started with a treat on Snapchat which indicated a student may have a gun in a restroom.

Schools on Lockdown: Prairie Middle School and Overland High School were put on lockdown after Aurora police got a Snap Chat threat of a juvenile holding a gun. That juvenile and another have been detained. Police say the gun may be a toy.

UPDATE: The lockdown has been lifted, the schools are now on "secure perimeter." Schools on Lockdown: Prairie Middle School and Overland High School were put on lockdown after Aurora police got a Snap Chat threat of a juvenile holding a gun. That juvenile and another have been detained. Police say the gun may be a toy.

Posted by CBS Denver on Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Police questioned three students. They determined the gun was a toy which investigators later found off school grounds.

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