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Earlier today, Sheriff's Office dispatch received a report that there was a suspicious person with a firearm near the fence separating Laurel Bay Housing and Shanklin Elementary School. School officials initiated a lockdown and Sheriff's Office deputies responded to investigate.
 
When deputies arrived, it was learned that a student saw a suspicious person in dark clothing near the fence that separates Shanklin Elementary School and Laurel Bay Housing. The student mentioned it to his/her classmates, and one of the classmates reported it to school officials; adding that the suspicious person was armed.
 
The student, who actually saw the suspicious person, was located and interviewed. The student advised that he/she never saw a firearm. The student further advised that he/she saw the person outside of a residence on the Laurel Bay Housing side of the fence, not on school property.

No suspicious person was located during a search by Sheriff's Office deputies and the USMC Provost Marshal's Office. The lockdown was lifted. 
 
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