School shooting threat sparks Uvalde-style clash between parents, police

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Several parents were detained as they tried to reach the students locked inside Jefferson High School in San Antonio.

, who was barricaded in the room full of students during that time.

Officers received calls of a possible shooting inside a classroom at the school around 1 p.m. on Tuesday. The school went into full lockdown, preventing anyone from leaving the classrooms, and only police were able to enter the school. The action caused panic in parents, who congregated outside the school before the students were released.

Chief Johnny Reyes said his officers quickly learned no shooting happened but were conducting a methodical search of each classroom to ensure there was no danger. Parents flocked to the school well before the district sent a message nearly an hour after police first responded to the school. Some students sent urgent texts to their parents alerting them of the lockdown before the district issued its message.

 

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