Multiple Schools Locked Down After Threats; One Shooting

Multiple schools and a college across the U.S. were placed on lockdown this week after reports of armed people, shooting threats, or nearby law-enforcement activity. In Maine, Southern Maine Community College briefly locked down after an armed man near Spring Point Lighthouse was persuaded to surrender and the campus was cleared. In Rialto, California, Carter High and nearby Eisenhower High were locked down after a report of an armed person that police later called a likely swatting incident and no armed individual was found. In San Diego’s Chollas View, an 18-year-old was shot near Gompers Preparatory Academy, prompting lockdowns at nearby schools; the victim was hospitalized and the suspect fled on a scooter and remained at large. Precautionary lockdowns also occurred in Mattituck, New York, during a nearby extreme risk protection order and at Westfield High School, Indiana, after an unverified threat; authorities conducted sweeps, found no active shooters, and warned that filing false reports can carry criminal penalties.