COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Cookeville High School was placed on lockdown Tuesday morning, officials said.
The Putnam County Sheriff's Office said a student at the high school claimed to be in possession of firearm, which resulted in the lockdown.
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All students are reported to be safe and deputies responded to the school to secure the area.
According to the Putnam County School System, a ninth grade student stood up in the middle of class around 9:40 a.m. stating, "I have a gun in my backpack." School officials said a hard lockdown was issued after the teacher pushed the classroom's panic button, which alerted administration and SRO deputies of the incident.
The student was not in possession of a gun, officials confirmed Tuesday. However, he was taken into custody without incident.
He was charged with threat of mass violence on a school property and is being held in Putnam County Sheriff's Office Juvenile Detention Facility.
The lockdown at Cookeville High School was lifted at approximately 9:55 a.m., deputies said.
Additional information was not immediately released.
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