The report of a student with a gun led to the lockdown, and later early dismissal, of Frankford High School in Northeast Philadelphia Wednesday.
Police responded to the school on Oxford Avenue after someone called in a threat that there were two guns in the school, said Philadelphia School district spokesman Fernando Gallard.
Administrators quickly put the school on lockdown as police worked to find out if the threat was credible.
Initial reports led investigators to believe there is no gun at the school. K-9s, however, would still come in to search for any possible weapons, said the district.
With school set to dismiss early at 2 p.m. anyway, school officials decided to release students at 1 p.m. so that police could complete their investigation.
