As students evacuated the building, many could be seen holding each other close. Students said they were "terrified," but some still asked their family members to avoid the area to stay safe. As a result, families outside the school assumed the worst as reports from police scanners indicated a potential shooter in the building. The out-of-state, computer-generated hoax calls, now under investigation by Pennsylvania State Police, alarmed staff, students and families.Īt Hopewell, students and staff were placed on lockdown just before 10:30 a.m. Reports of an active shooter at the school was part of a wave of hoax calls throughout the state. When Aliquippa police received reports of an armed gunman and casualties at Hopewell Senior High School Wednesday morning, first responders were on the scene within minutes.Ī police officer set up outside Hopewell High School March 29, 2023. It's not easy thinking about having to go to your friends’ funerals at 18.” “I know I bear a very light load of trauma, but I was absolutely terrified. “It was scary sitting at home and not knowing if my friends and peers were safe, or even alive,” said senior Gillian Morse, who had gone home sick earlier that day. Police ultimately determined the report was fake - part of a spate of “swatting” calls made to elicit a large police presence and stir chaos - but the community's terror in those moments was real. Just hours prior, students and parents feared Hopewell may be the latest school to endure an active shooter incident. Parents, some in tears, watched anxiously from behind police lines, eager to embrace their kids. – As teens filed out of Hopewell High School Wednesday afternoon, many clung together consoling one another.
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