“This isn’t the first time something like this has happened here,” she said from the Northeast Church of Christ parking lot across from the high school on Nine Mile just west of Gratiot.
She said she has two children who attend classes at Eastpointe High School. Parent Alicia Jordan, 41, said word about a possible threat at the school made her uneasy. Eastpointe Detectives continue to investigate." Detectives are investigating if the calls are linked. "One threat was at the high school and the other was a local bank in the area. "During the search of the school, the Eastpointe Police Department received two separate bomb threats," the release said. Clair Shores, Hazel Park and Roseville were at the school. At the time of the incident, there were approximately 490 students in the school." There was no weapon recovered and the school was reported secure. Officers searched the roof of the school, the exterior of the building, all classrooms, all students, all bags and lockers. "The school was placed on lockdown at approximately 1154 a.m. "All Eastpointe officers immediately responded to the school and requested mutual aid assistance from other jurisdictions," the release said. There was no student in the school with the name she provided." "It was reported that the group of students were teasing the male because he gave up the gun. "Seconds later, she indicated that the male student was overtaken by approximately seven other students who removed the weapon from him," police said. The caller told police that the student with the gun was named Demarcus. "At the same time, one of the school attendants stated that a female just called and reported that she had just observed, on Instagram, a video of a male student in one of the men’s bathrooms at the high school with a handgun." "Upon our arrival, the teacher stated that the incident was an accident," the release said. to report that a student had assaulted a teacher, the press release said. Wednesday's events started when a school staffer phoned Eastpointe Police at 11:35 a.m. Some headed to a line of buses parked outside the school, while others greeted anxious relatives who'd been waiting down the block and grumbling about how school officials had handled the matter.
After the school had been thoroughly searched and no gun found, the students were released from their classrooms.
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