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Golden Gate schools were on lockdown for about 40 minutes this morning after a prekindergarten teacher at Golden Gate Elementary School saw a man walking down the street with a gun in his hand.
The lockdown has just been lifted.
Collier County School District spokesman Joe Landon said the teacher saw the man before 9 a.m. near the school, at 491120th Place S.W.
He said the teacher went into the building and the school notified authorities.
Landon said Superintendent Dennis Thompson put all Golden Gate schools on lockdown as a precaution.
"It was a precaution," Landon said. "We don't believe the students were in any immediate danger."
Landon said Collier County sheriff’s deputies apprehended the suspect a short time later.
Collier County sheriff's spokeswoman Karie Partington said the Sheriff's Office received a call about a man with a gun about 8:55 a.m. She said officers located the young man, who was found to be in possession of a BB gun.
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Man idenified as a custodian? Shouldn't he be working?
P.S. (news update) He was walking to work?
#1 Posted by upnorth on May 16, 2008 at 10:44 a.m. (Suggest removal)
PREK TEACHER GOOD JOB WAY TOO LOOK OUT FOR OUR KIDS...
#2 Posted by PRHMOM on May 16, 2008 at 11:11 a.m. (Suggest removal)
He couldn't afford gas, he was afraid of being attacked by a coyote, and he just lost his old job as a painter.
#3 Posted by cupcake on May 16, 2008 at 11:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)
He was armed with the BB gun incase that ruthless wheelchair gang, known as the Golden Gate Crips, tried to roll him!
#4 Posted by What_Say_You on May 16, 2008 at 12:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)
No immediate danger!....Just a guy...Walking around
TOTING A GUN!
Out for a stroll perhaps...wanted to come to the school for show-and-tell, but changed his mind instead.
Can we say
DOWNPLAY?
The teacher did the right thing, and also highlighted the need for stricter security and cameras at campuses throughout Collier.
#5 Posted by beetlejuice on May 16, 2008 at 10:22 p.m. (Suggest removal)
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