By mid-morning, an official said they had found no signs of a shooting or anyone wounded
Police armed with heavy weaponry swarmed Highline College in Washington state on Friday morning after the reports of shots. Students were told to shelter in place as police searched the campus.
About an hour after the initial report, the South King Fire agency tweeted it knew of “no known” victims.
Police say they are trying to determine whether shots were fired.
By mid-morning, local time, as officers continued to search and clear buildings, an official said they had found no signs of a shooting or any people who were wounded.
“At this time, we don’t have any indication that there was a shooting,” Jarod Kasner, a commander with the Kent Police Department said. “We haven’t had any indication of a shooting, or a shooter, or injuries.
The alert came just days after 17 students and teachers were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida where a 19-year-old former student opened fired.
Highline College, about 24 kilometres (15 miles) south of Seattle, in Des Moines, Washington was on lock down. The school has about 17,000 students.
The college says that police were evacuating buildings and assessing the situation after reports came just after 9am.
The Renton Police Department said on Twitter that the reports Friday morning were not confirmed but advised people to avoid the area around Highline College.
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