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[quote=Anonymous]From Bethesda magazine:

" School security “became aware of a situation” in a school bathroom at 12:53 p.m. Friday and someone called 911 at 12:57 p.m., Police Chief Marcus Jones told reporters during a briefing on Friday.

At 1:05 p.m., the school went into full lockdown mode. A lockdown differs from shelter-in-place in that it is used for more serious situations, and instruction does not continue, unlike in shelter-in-place.

Jones said police officers and county sheriff’s deputies secured and searched the building. The alleged shooter was found and taken into custody just after 3 p.m., he said.

Jones said a gun was found nearby when officers found the student accused of the shooting.

“The school went into lockdown immediately upon notification that we had discovered that an individual had been shot at the school ….,” Jones said. “That meant that the doors were locked shut with teachers and students inside those classrooms.

“We methodically slowed down the investigation at that point because we did not believe there was an ongoing threat at that very moment. So, it took us a couple of hours for us to put everything together, locate that [accused shooter] and place that student into custody.”

[b]Jones said officers determined that it was not an “active shooter” situation, with an ongoing threat to others, because no other threats were made.[/b] "

??? to the bolded? So they'll just take their time while the shooter decides to quietly kill off a few more people, without making any threats? [/quote]

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