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Situation that prompted Marble Falls school lockdown resolved
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MARBLE FALLS, Texas (KXAN) — An “energetic occasion” close to Marble Falls Center and Elementary Faculty put the 2 campuses on voluntary lockdown for round an hour Wednesday afternoon, based on the varsity district.
MFISD stated the state of affairs was within the downtown space and it has been resolved. Marble Falls Fireplace Rescue stated the “all clear” has been given after it requested “anybody on Most important Avenue and inside a 2 block radius” to shelter in place. A suspect has been situated, it added.
Marble Falls Police Division stated Wednesday afternoon somebody reported a “suspicious individual” in a enterprise on the 300 block of Most important Avenue.
“The caller reported what seemed like a gunshot within the space after the suspicious individual left the enterprise. Companies within the space had been instantly locked down and residents had been notified. Additional investigation decided the report of gunfire to be unfounded,” Marble Falls police wrote in a press release.
The varsity district stated the lockdown was not from “violent exercise” on the campuses.