False report of man with gun sparks lockdown at Pleasant Grove High School

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune

Students leave Pleasant Grove High school, after the lockdown was lifted. A student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune

Police officers check cars in the parking lot outside Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune

Police officers stand guard outside Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune

Police officers check cars in the parking lot outside Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune

Emergency crews and swat teams outside Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune

Police officers check cars in the parking lot outside Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune

Police officers stand guard outside Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune

Police officers check cars in the parking lot outside Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune

Police officers stand guard outside Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune

Students leave Pleasant Grove High school, after the lockdown was lifted. A student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune

Pleasant Grove roads are closed during the lockdown at Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune

The roads are closed during the lockdown at Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune

The roads are closed during the lockdown at Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune

The roads are closed during the lockdown at Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune

The roads are closed during the lockdown at Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015.

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Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Students leave Pleasant Grove High school, after the lockdown was lifted. A student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Police officers check cars in the parking lot outside Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Police officers stand guard outside Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Police officers check cars in the parking lot outside Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Emergency crews and swat teams outside Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Police officers check cars in the parking lot outside Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Police officers stand guard outside Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Police officers check cars in the parking lot outside Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Police officers stand guard outside Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Students leave Pleasant Grove High school, after the lockdown was lifted. A student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune Pleasant Grove roads are closed during the lockdown at Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune The roads are closed during the lockdown at Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune The roads are closed during the lockdown at Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune The roads are closed during the lockdown at Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015. Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune The roads are closed during the lockdown at Pleasant Grove High school, where a student reported seeing someone with a weapon, Thursday, December 3, 2015.

By Pamela Manson The Salt Lake Tribune

· December 3, 2015 5:10 pm

This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2015, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.

Pleasant Grove High School in Utah County was on lockdown for several hours Thursday afternoon following a false report of a person with a gun.

The lockdown was lifted at about 4:15 p.m., according to Pleasant Grove police, and all students were being released.

Kimberly Bird, an Alpine School District spokeswoman, said no weapon was found and the report was later retracted by the person who made it.

KUTV reported that police confirmed a student who claimed he saw a man in a trench coat with a gun made up the story.

Officers had cleared the school room-by-room, with students escorted out by officers, police said.

By 4:30 p.m., buses were picking up students at 400 E. 200 South in an LDS Church parking lot.

Meanwhile, police said they had set up a staging area in the parking lot of the Rec Center where parents of students could wait.

David Stephenson, an Alpine School District spokesman, had earlier said that police received a message that there was a possibility that a student had a weapon but the report was unconfirmed.

Stephenson said students were being taken to the gymnasium after their classrooms were searched. No weapon had been found as of 3:20 p.m.

Parents of the 2,130 students at the school were notified by email and phone of the lockdown and will be told when it has been lifted, Stephenson said.

pmanson@sltrib.com

Twitter: @PamelaMansonSLC