ROYAL OAK (WWJ) — Police responded to Shrine Catholic High School & Academy in Royal Oak, Friday morning, over a toy gun and a phony 911 call.
No one was was hurt, police found no threat, and the lockdown has since been lifted at the school, on W. 13 Mile Rd., near Woodward Ave.
WWJ Newsradio 950’s Mike Campbell reported from the scene that there was a sweep of the building after someone found a toy gun in an office at the school, before school started.
Per school protocols, the school went into lockdown, and arriving students arrived they were taken to the auditorium where they were held.
While the sweep was in process, Royal Oak Deputy Police Chief Keith Spencer said there was a second development.
“During the course of the sweep of the building, there was an erroneous 911 call that prompted a very large police response,” Spencer said.
Spencer said the 911 caller said something about shots fired, or gunfire heard at the school, but there was no truth to that claim.
Police reiterated that there is no threat, and students and staff at the school are safe. “At no time were the students in any danger from this incident,” Spencer said.