Wakefield school put on lockdown after reported threat

WAKEFIELD, MASS. (WHDH) - A school in Wakefield was placed on lockdown after reportedly receiving a threat that was determined to be a false alarm.

The Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational Technical High School was placed on lockdown Monday morning.

7News’ Kimberly Bookman spoke to parents who rushed to the scene outside the high school. Those parents say they received a call from the superintendent’s office at about 10:40 a.m. that the school was on lockdown.

Officials later told 7News that the threat was a false alarm. A social media threat was made at a school in Maryland with a similar name. Students were dismissed shortly before 1 p.m.

Parents said they had been in contact with students inside the school during the lockdown. The threat said someone was going to “shoot up” the school in order to create a similar situation to what happened in Parkland, FL. Wakefield Police have been in contact with authorities in Maryland about the threat.

Multiple police officers were on scene during the incident. School buses had lined the street outside the school, and officials said the plan was to evacuate the students, load them onto buses, and take them to a safe location.

The school will resume on regular schedule tomorrow and there will be an increased police presence in the area.

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