Fairfax Elementary School in Valley placed on lockdown after call of suspicious male on school grounds
Nearly four days since the school year started for Chambers County students, one school has already had to go on lockdown.
Officers of the Valley Police Department received a call of a suspicious male on the grounds of Fairfax Elementary School at approximately 9:14 A.M today, August 11th, 2022.
“The caller advised that the male was possibly carrying a shotgun,” police said in a press release.
At that time, Fairfax Elementary was placed on lock down and officers immediately responded to the school where a search for the suspicious male was started.
“A male matching the description was located approximately four blocks from the school at the intersection of Lafayette Street and Boulevard,” police added. “The male was identified and searched and he was not carrying a weapon at the time he was stopped.”
Officers continued searching the school grounds as well as side streets for any type of weapon, but none was found. There was no entry to any school buildings by the suspect and there were no injuries reported. The scene was cleared and turned over to school officials at 10:00 A.M. No other details have been confirmed.
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