Huber put in ‘Lockdown’ over suspected intruder

By Larry Blaskey
Douglas Dispatch
Published/Last Modified on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:06 PM MDT


Huber Middle School was put in lockdown for approximately one hour due to a perceived threat coming from an individual.


Douglas Police were called at about 9:30 a.m. on April 15 and received a report that a suspicious man was walking in or around the school with what looked like a handgun in his waistband.

After the call, police contacted Huber Middle School and Principal Martin Muecke put the school in lockdown status.

The Douglas Police Department investigated the incident and found the man that was reported. He was walking down Washington Avenue and there was no gun. The man even gave the police authority to search his home and no gun was present.

Following the search, Douglas Police again contacted the school, and Security Chief Luis Greer pulled the school out of lockdown status.

“Lockdown is the protocol that is called for when you suspect an intruder on school grounds,” he said.

“Lockdown” essentially keeps all students in whatever area or class they are in until the status has been removed.

In a note to parents, Muecke said” This was done in response to a police incident in the neighborhoods bear our school campus. At no point were either students or staff in immediate danger.”

 

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