UPDATED: Lockdown Order at MVCC Utica Lifted After Report of ‘Individual With a Weapon in the Residence Halls’ | Local

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UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Group School’s Utica campus is at present on lockdown. 

The Utica Police Division is investigating “a report of an individual with a gun on campus,” a launch states. 

“There’s not an energetic shooter on campus,” UPD added. 

A textual content from the school was despatched at 8:45 a.m. that acknowledged the next:

“Mohawk Valley Group School Emergency Alert: MVCC EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION – An ACTIVE THREAT has been reported for the Utica campus. FIND A SECURE LOCATION, lock doorways, silence cell telephones, and await additional data. LOCKDOWN and await additional updates. Additional directions to comply with.”

These have been the textual content messages that adopted:

• “MVCC Shelter in Place: MVCC Shelter in Place. Keep the place you’re till additional discover. If you’re exterior, take refuge in one of many buildings.”
• “MVCC lockdown instantly: MVCC Utica Campus: lockdown instantly. This isn’t a drill. Barricade your self in lecture rooms or workplaces instantly. There’s a direct menace on campus.”
• “MVCC Utica Campus Lockdown: MVCC Utica Campus stay in lockdown.”
• “MVCC Utica Campus Stay in Lockdown: MVCC Utica Campus proceed to stay in lockdown. Regulation enforcement on campus is assessing the menace and scenario. We are going to proceed to ship alerts roughly each 20 minutes.”
• “MVCC Utica Campus Stay in Lockdown: MVCC Utica Campus proceed to stay in lockdown. Regulation enforcement on campus is assessing the menace and scenario. We are going to proceed to ship alerts roughly each 20 minutes. Thanks to your endurance.”
• @11:17 a.m. “MVCC Utica Campus Stay in Lockdown: MVCC Utica Campus proceed to stay in lockdown. Regulation enforcement on campus is assessing the menace and scenario. We are going to proceed to ship alerts roughly each 20 minutes. Thanks to your endurance.”
• @11:30 a.m. “MVCC Utica Campus ALL CLEAR. The MVCC Utica Campus Lockdown has ended. All clear. The campus is safe and secure. Extra data to be despatched to the school group by way of electronic mail.”

NEWSChannel 2’s Kirk Tupaj is on the scene. 

Due to the lockdown at MVCC’s Utica campus, a polling station needed to be relocated. 

Due to the lockdown emergency at present going down at Mohawk Valley Group School in Utica, the Oneida County Board of Schooling is relocating its campus polling website.

It is a creating story. Extra particulars shall be posted as they turn out to be accessible.