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Afterschool program dismisses after reports of man with gun

Updated: January 31, 2013
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Update: 5:53 pm
LIVINGSTON COUNTY -- Authorities say they responded to the Chatsworth grade school after a call reporting a possible person with a BB gun. A deputy was dispatched and searched for a suspect, but couldn't locate anyone.

The officer talked to the school's principal. As a precautionary measure, all the children in the Boys and Girls Club meeting at the school were sent home after their parents were called. No one was hurt.

Original: 5:09 pm

CHATSWORTH -- Police are investigating reports of a man with a gun outside the grade school. The executive director of the Boys and Girls Club, Nicole Winterland, says kids were dismissed early after reports of a man with a gun near the school.

Winterland received a phone call about 3:30 with the report. All the children were moved to an interior room without windows. Parents were called to pick up their children. Everyone was dismissed safely. 

The after-school program has about 50-kids ranging in age from kindergarten to high school. The Livingston County Sheriff's Office has not returned our calls.

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