KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Knoxville Police Department said three juveniles were charged Thursday after authorities received a report that a gun could have been brought onto school grounds. KPD said there was no evidence as of Wednesday evening suggesting there was ever an active threat to school safety.
According to KPD, someone reported that a student possibly had a gun in their backpack on Thursday. Police said they did not see any indication that a gun was actually in the school or of any active threat.
The lockdown comes roughly four months after a teacher was grazed by a bullet in the school after a gun went off in a student's backpack.