PORTLAND, Texas — A student from Gregory-Portland High School was arrested Wednesday after a police situation caused all Gregory-Portland ISD campuses to go on lockout.
The schools went into lockout just after 10 a.m. after a report by a parent that a student might have had a gun on the high school campus, Portland police officials said. The student was on campus but fled the area before authorities could find him.
According to Police Chief Mark Cory, the incident that took place this Tuesday did not end in anyone getting hurt, and a firearm was not found on the campus. Once the threat was called in law enforcement and the school district took the necessary precautions to keep students and staff safe.
"This is something we take very seriously," Cory said. "Especially after what happened in Aransas Pass yesterday."
Cory said law enforcements main objective is to keep not only citizens safe but student's as well. One of the main concerns for all police departments is to have an active shooter situation at one of their campuses.
"Off hand I can tell you there was at least seven different agencies that responded when we put the call out. Everybody from city to county, and several federal agencies responded with us. I estimate 65-70 officers who responded to this call," Cory said.
However, law enforcement weren't the only ones trying to make sense of what happened.
"Yesterday and today, I don't know what's wrong with these kids, I don't get it," said local parent Shannon Hartman.
According to Cory parents were grateful for the massive response from law enforcement an communication form the school.
"We have a school resource officer here on campus," Cory said. "And we had additional officers here in less than a minute. I want to stress there was never a fire arm."
The student was tracked down and arrested and is now being questioned at the Portland Police Department, officials said. No gun was found on the student.
No shots were fired and no one was injured, officials said.
No other information was given at this time.
We will continue to update this article as more information is received.
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