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GHS Locked Down For Suspicious Person

Greendale High School was put on "hold" after a suspicious person was seen in the building.

Greendale High School was put on lockdown today after a suspicous person was seen in the building. 

The school was immediately put on “hold” at around 12:30 p.m. for security reasons and students were kept in classrooms while police and school personnel searched the building, according to a release from Greendale Police. 

The students were released from the classrooms after the building was checked and later determined that there was never any threat to the students.

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Greendale Police said it's an active investigation and did not say who the suspicious person was.

School district administrators throughout southeastern Wisconsin — and the country — are addressing rumors of shooting threat at their districts.

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Districts where threat rumors have circulated include Waukesha, Oak Creek, Menomonee Falls, Hamilton, Arrowhead, Greenfield and Cudahy.


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