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No threat found at Atchison Elementary School

By Brian Hagen

03/01/2018

(KAIR)--No credible threat to student safety was found.

That's the outcome of an investigation at the Atchison Elementary School Thursday.

Dr. Susan Myers, the Superintendent of USD 409, told MSC News Atchison Police were called to the school around the start of the school day, following a rumor received by the district. "We had a rumor come in by telephone regarding a student possibly bringing a gun to school, and so the police were immediately called."

Myers says it was quickly determined that no gun was present, and there was no actual threat to students at the school.

Atchison Police Chief Mike Wilson told MSC News his office investigated the tip, that he said was “related to a concern about a statement made from one student to another student,” with that statement apparently the basis of the phone call received by the district.

Wilson said police investigators looked into the situation with the school staff, and the investigation has been concluded.

Parents were notified of the police presence, and that no threat had been found, in a Thursday morning alert sent by the district.

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