Lake Central Substantial College in St. John, Indiana gun locked down immediately after gun scare no energetic shooter or gun identified, law enforcement say

ST. JOHN, Ind. (WLS) — A report of an lively shooter at a St. John, Indiana high school sparked a lockdown and substantial law enforcement reaction Wednesday early morning.

The gun scare commenced when three learners were being in a bathroom and one particular of them listened to what sounded like the racking of a gun, law enforcement reported. They termed 911 who dispatched it as an active shooter get in touch with, prompting the huge police response to the university.

Following doing a extensive search of the school “ground by floor, home by home,” authorities said no photographs were fireplace and no gun was identified.

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“I was just sitting in my 2nd hour and I was composing an essay, and they reported ‘lockdown,'” explained Phillip Ledet, college student. “Everybody imagined it was a drill.”

“We read the principal screaming ‘Lockdown, lockdown!’ on the radio,” explained college student Brian Lagunas.

Lecturers failed to have an answer when pupils questioned if the situation was real. Which is how they understood it was.

“At that place we have been like, ‘Well if you will not know then it has to be real,'” claimed Icyss Meredith, pupil.

But the faculty, lecturers and learners alike, were being ready. They texted their moms and dads to let them know they had been secure and sheltering. They took include underneath desks, and instructor barricaded the doorways. And inevitably, they all

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Barry the Central Park Owl Dies

Barry the Barred Owl, whose majestic existence and unusually extroverted demeanor made her a beloved Central Park superstar, died early Friday in a collision with a Central Park Conservancy maintenance auto.

She was most possible just above a year aged based on her feather shade, according to Robert DeCandido, regarded as “Birding Bob,” who has guided bird walks in Central Park for far more than 25 many years. Birding professionals experienced realized in the latest months that Barry was woman.

In excess of the previous year, as Barry made a residence for herself on the branch of a hemlock in Central Park’s Ramble, she made a cultishly devoted next of birders, photographers, joggers and other New Yorkers who came to depend on her for cheer and comfort throughout a yr of grief for New York City.

Barry died around 2:30 a.m., when she “made contact” with the auto of a two-particular person Central Park Conservancy maintenance crew, the conservancy claimed on Twitter. The vehicle was driving close to the park performing early-early morning inspection and cleanup, the conservancy’s chief communications officer, Mary Caraccioli, stated.

The owl was most likely traveling throughout Central Park’s West Travel to catch prey, in accordance to the conservancy, and was not in the line of sight of the car driver, who was transferring at or down below 15 miles for each hour, the conservancy said.

Staff reported the incident quickly, the conservancy reported.

“This owl meant so significantly to so lots of folks,” reported Eric

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Flood Warnings issued for central, southwest Tucson metro area

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Flood Warnings have been issued for central and southwest Tucson metro area Tuesday.

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According to Pima County Search and Rescue, approximately six individuals are stranded in Bear Canyon, and may be told to spend the night.

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According to Pima County Search and Rescue, approximately six individuals are stranded in Bear Canyon, and may be told to spend the night.

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Pima County Search and Rescue deputies are working to help several stranded people in Sabino Canyon due to rising water.

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Russia frets on Afghanistan’s ISIS, Central Asia appears to be optimistic

Russia suggests it is anxious that Islamic Condition is gaining momentum in northern Afghanistan. The United States appears to be planning for the collapse of Afghanistan. And the Central Asian nations adjacent to Afghanistan seem to be going items ahead.

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed at a push conference on July 2 that he claimed that the Islamic Point out experienced attained due to insufficient progress in peace talks amongst the events to the conflict in Afghanistan. The simple fact that Islamic State is tactically critical in the nation is not an evaluation known to be shared by Western nations.

“People in Afghanistan’s governing composition who are trying to pull this course of action out in each and every way should really contemplate the penalties of these actions from their state,” Lavrov reportedly mentioned by Interfax.

Lavrov was also critical of what he referred to as the swift withdrawal of NATO troops, which he mentioned was finished prior to the region was in the correct posture to secure alone.

“Under these disorders, [the Islamic State] We are actively occupying the territory on the border with our allies, generally in northern Afghanistan. “

Moscow’s expressed choice, clarified by Lavrov on July 2, is the formation of a provisional so-known as interim authorities mediated by the quartet of countries including Russia, the United States, China and Pakistan.

This circumstance, one of several situations put on the desk by Washington, was beforehand rejected by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who was on a

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