Students huddled inside classrooms while worried parents gathered in parking lots texting their children. Police say they didn’t find a gun.
BETHESDA, Md. — A gun scare at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Wednesday had teachers bracing classroom doors, students planning escape routes and parents racing to the school.
In the end, police did not find a gun, but the lockdown in Montgomery County was a haunting echo of the all-too-familiar attacks on America’s schools.
“I’m really terrified right now,” said a mother standing in a parking lot texting her daughter through tears before the all clear.
Dozens of parents came together in a fearful vigil outside the B-CC High School, as they awaited more information.
“It’s horrifying, completely horrifying,” parent Amy Doyle said, her voice cracking. “I had no idea how terrifying it would be.”
School officials said the school entered lockdown around 10 a.m. due to a verbal fight in the the hallways between several students. One student texted his mom that someone had pulled a gun, and the principal ordered a lockdown.
“The teacher just closed the door and put a chair in to hold it closed,” 18-year-old Heman Daniel said.
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