False Active Shooter Alerts at Regional Schools Wednesday
Written by WKTN Staff on November 17, 2022
The first occurred in Allen County at around 9:40 Wednesday morning. The Sheriff’s office received a call stating an active shooter was at Lima Temple Christian School with multiple injuries. Within 3 minutes law enforcement was on scene and began assessing the situation. This first search of the building was done within minutes, and it became immediately clear that the report of an active shooter was false.
The school has been cleared, multiple times. There is no active shooter and there is no evidence that there had ever been one at the school. There were absolutely no injuries. The Allen County Sheriff’s Office is handling the investigation of this false reporting. If you have any information, please contact the Allen County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau.
The second occurred around 9:53 Wednesday morning, when the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office received an emergency 911 call reporting an active shooter incident at Liberty Benton High School. Law enforcement immediately responded. A thorough search of the school was conducted, and a determination was made that the incident was a hoax and no shooting had taken place.
These two incidents appear to be related to several other similar incidents that occurred around the state and remain under investigation.
