Three schools in Horace, North Dakota, are on lockdown as of Monday morning. The affected schools are Horace Elementary, Heritage Middle School, and Horace High School.
Email to parents
According to Valley News Live, the West Fargo Public Schools administrative team emailed parents and guardians shortly after 10 a.m., notifying them of the lockdown and confirming that all students and staff are safe inside their buildings.
The email read:
“Parents/Guardians of learners at Horace Elementary, Heritage Middle, and Horace High,
At the request of law enforcement, all three schools within the City of Horace are currently on lockdown in response to an active community situation. When a school is in lockdown, that means that no one is allowed in or out of the building until the “all clear” is given by law enforcement.
All learners and staff are currently safe inside their schools. We will provide updates as we receive them from law enforcement.”
The exact reason for the police activity has not yet been disclosed.
Witness reports
Several witnesses and local residents took to social media to report a heavy police presence in the area.
One witness wrote on Facebook, “I work off of 13th ave and 9th Street in West Fargo. Every cop was flying down the road going south right before 10am this morning. Crazy.”
Another added, “An incident happened between construction workers in the parking lot of the middle school. Everyone is safe inside the school. Waiting on the all clear.”
A third person reported, “Scary! There were a ton of cops flyinggg down veterans this morning I thought something was happening at Sheyenne! Hope everything is okay.”
Another resident wrote, “There are cops blocking each road going into the schools. They are everywhere out here. It would be nice to know what’s going on. Especially with our kids in there. Plus we live out here too. Do the people that live here need to be sheltering as well since it says a community situation?”
