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Nearby police investigation prompted lockout of East Rochester schools
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A police response in East Rochester prompted area schools to enter a lockout.
The East Rochester Police Department responded to reports of a male carrying a firearm on the CSX train tracks near South Lincoln Road at 1:14 p.m.
Without knowledge of the individual's immediate whereabouts, the East Rochester Central School District was advised to enter a lockout of the district schools as police investigated the surrounding area.
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A juvenile was found on Main Street in possession of what authorities described as a 'realistic-looking BB gun' and taken into custody.
The school lockdown was lifted at 1:29 without incident.
The investigation into the matter is ongoing.
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