Replica Gun Sparks Panic At Long Beach City College
LONG BEACH (CBSLA) – Long Beach City College descended into mass confusion Wednesday morning after a campus-wide alert about a possible gunman turned out to be just a student with a replica gun.
At 10:37 a.m. the school issued an emergency alert that there was a possible suspect with a gun at the school and ordering all students to take shelter.
Long Beach police later determined the gun in question was determined to be a replica firearm which a student had brought to campus for a class, police spokeswoman Jennifer De Prez confirmed.
Just before noon, the school tweeted that the replica gun was being used for a class production.
LBCC Emergency Alert: This is a follow-up notification from LBCC. @LBPD found a replica firearm that was being used in a class production. There is no threat at PCC. All faculty, staff, and students can return to the PCC Campus. Classes will continue as usual.
— LB City College (@LBCityCollege) May 1, 2019
The student in question was not arrested and there were no injuries.
The school was never placed into lockdown during the incident, De Prez said.