LEE COUNTY, Fla. – Threats that prompted two south Florida high schools to enter precautionary lockdowns around noon Wednesday — with students at one campus seen rushing to escape — have been deemed noncredible, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
Cellphone video recorded by Alexa Murphy, a student at North Fort Myers High School, shows a group attempting to squeeze its way through different parts of the facility. Murphy described the commotion as sudden, helped along by frightening loud noises.
[TRENDING: Become a News 6 Insider]
“Somebody started screaming and running. Everybody started screaming and running,” Murphy said. “So, that is an entire cafeteria in the back of a lunchroom kitchen screaming and running to the other side for their lives.”
School officials said in a statement to families that the Lee County School District was cooperating with the sheriff’s office as the threats were investigated. Similar reports of a threat Wednesday at South Fort Myers High School were responded to and treated in the same way, with no injuries reported at either campus. According to Sheriff Carmine Marceno, classes soon returned to normal schedules at both schools.
The Lee County Sheriffs Office is aware of an apparent non-credible threat to North Ft. Myers High School and South Ft. Myers High School. Out of an abundance of caution deputies responded and are working with the @LeeCountySchool. No injuries have been reported.
— Carmine Marceno - Florida’s Law and Order Sheriff (@SheriffLeeFL) December 7, 2022
Get today’s headlines in minutes with Your Florida Daily: