Toy gun found after 911 call locks down Elmont HS
After a four-hour search for a person reportedly seen entering Elmont Memorial High School with a gun early Tuesday, Nassau County police lifted a lockdown shortly after noon, allowing worried parents to reunite with their children in the school. Videojournalist: Network News Long Island (Jan. 15, 2013) (January 15, 2013 1:58 PM)
Nassau County police found an air-powered toy gun in a student locker at Elmont High School Tuesday, ending a tense four-hour lockdown in which hundreds of students hid on the floors of darkened classrooms and cops in body armor scoured the campus for a possible gunman, authorities said.
The lockdown began after someone called 911 at 7:45 a.m. -- about 15 minutes before classes began -- and...
