CINCINNATI — Riverview East Academy was place on lockdown Thursday after it was reported that someone in the building had a gun, Cincinnati police said.
Interim Chief Theresa Theetge said the incident spurred from a fight from a previous day where there was a mention that a gun would be brought to the school Thursday.
At least 10 police vehicles and more than a dozen SWAT team members responded to the school on Kellogg Avenue shortly after 11:30 a.m.
She said there was no active threat at the school, but the SWAT team searched room-by-room out of an abundance of caution.
"We are always on the highest of alert when it comes to our schools," Theetge said.
Theetge also said that CPD cannot confirm if there was ever even a weapon the school's property, but no gun was found during the multiple searches.
She did say that two people tied to the incident were located by CPD, but Theetge didn't call them suspects or specify if they were students or not.
Just before 2 p.m., Cincinnati Public Schools said CPD had completed its search of the school and given the all clear.
CPS said class instruction is resuming and students can safely remain at school, or parents are welcome to pick their children up.
The district advises parents to drive through the bus turn around at Riverview East Academy to pick their children up. Prior to this, parents were told to wait at the Swamp Water Grill on Kellogg Avenue.
Around 2 dozen parents are gathered outside Riverview East Academy now as a large SWAT force of 20+ enters the building for a fourth time to check for a weapon. @WCPO pic.twitter.com/xcZO7Cqk3U
— Valerie Lyons (@VLyonsTV) December 1, 2022
"Students are being provided with a bagged launch and the CPS crisis team will be onsite for the remainder of the day and week," the district said.
Theetge confirmed that this is the second threat that Riverview East Academy received this week.
She said someone made a threat Sunday evening that they were going to bring a gun to the school Monday and shoot people.
It's unclear if anyone has been arrested for that threat, but Theetge said the Thursday's report and Sunday's threat are not connected.
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