Police: Report of gunfire at Valley Forge Military Academy unfounded
An unfounded report of a shooting at Valley Forge Military Academy and College late Monday afternoon may have been the result of a woman mistaking the popping of bubble wrap for gunfire, officials said tonight.
An unfounded report of a shooting at Valley Forge Military Academy and College late Monday afternoon may have been the result of a woman mistaking the popping of bubble wrap for gunfire, officials said tonight.
A student at Eastern University living in an apartment adjacent to the military academy's campus in Radnor called 911 at 5:50 p.m. to report a shooting, academy officials said.
Police from Radnor and Tredyffrin Townships responded but could not find evidence of that someone had been shot or that a weapon had been fired, officials said.
"Police report that one student indicated that the sound she heard could have been bubble wrap being popped," the academy posted on its Facebook page.
The academy, Eastern University, and Cabrini University were placed on lockdown while police searched the area.
All the lockdowns were lifted by 7:30 p.m.
The military school and college is a boarding-and-day school for boys in 7th to 12th grades, and college students.
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