Report of student with gun prompts Ridgeview HS lockdown; no gun found, no arrests
(Update: adding new video and comments)
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Ridgeview High School in southwest Redmond was placed under lockdown for nearly 100 minutes Thursday afternoon while police investigated a report of a student on campus with a gun, but they later said no gun was found and no arrests were made.
Here's the full text of a news release issued by the school district and police late Thursday afternoon.
Redmond School District & Police Department Joint Media Release Regarding Ridgeview High School Lockdown
Redmond, Ore. – At approximately 12:43 p.m. today, Dec. 9, 2021, Ridgeview High School went into lockdown after staff received a report of a student on campus with a gun. Redmond Police were notified and responded immediately. Students remained in lockdown for approximately 98 minutes.
At this time, there is no known threat to students or staff at Ridgeview High School. No arrests were made. There are no injuries, and all students and staff are safe.
Students were released from their classrooms beginning at approximately 2:10 p.m., and all students were out of the building by approximately 2:30 p.m.
Students and staff were quick and cooperative in their response to the lockdown order, allowing staff and law enforcement to ensure campus and student safety. Redmond Police, aided by school staff, conducted a thorough investigation, including speaking to students who may have known about the reported gun on campus. No evidence of a firearm on campus was found.
A lockdown occurs when a threat happens inside of the school facility. When this happens our school and classroom doors lock, lights are turned off and students are asked to remain quiet while the threat is addressed by law enforcement. We train on a regular basis with students and staff using the I Love U Guys Foundation Standard Response Protocol.
Lockdowns are traumatic for students and staff, and we recognize these incidents have short and long-lasting impacts. Redmond School District will have additional staff at Ridgeview High School tomorrow to talk with students.
Students who'd never experienced such a lockdown situation were worried and had little info to go on.
Sophomore Alison Barker said, "We didn't really know much, so we were trying to, like, figure it out and piece it together."
Junior Ashlee Brittsin said, They didn't tell us, like, anything that was going on, so my sister ended up texting me, saying like they have it uner control."
Some parents also felt the information could have come quicker. Danielle Isais said, "I think they should have let us know a little bit earlier, because I was already here -- our students had already communicated with us that they were in lockdown, so I know a lot of parents showed up the same time I did."
Earlier info:
Redmond School District spokeswoman Sheila Miller said around 1 p.m. that the lockdown -- a security measure which means all exterior and interior doors are locked and students and staff shelter in place -- had been in place for just a few minutes, but she had no additional information. (A parent in the building told NewsChannel 21 it began around 12:30 p.m.)
About 1:35 p.m., the school district issued this statement:
"Ridgeview High School is currently in lockdown. Redmond Police are on the scene. We have secured the building and called all RVHS families to let them know. We ask that families do not come to the school site to pick up their students. We will release more information as soon as we can."
Redmond police posted a couple of minutes on their Facebook page that officers were on scene "investigating reports of suspicious activity. As a precaution, students and staff have been placed in lockdown."
Around 2:15 p.m., NewsChannel 21's Jordan Williams tweeted that he "saw a couple of groups of students exit the east side" of the school.
Before 2:30 p.m. came this update from the school district:
"The lockdown at Ridgeview has been lifted. We have sent a phone call to all Ridgeview families letting them know that. Students will be released via our lockdown protocol and buses will run as normal. Students were released at 2:20 p.m. We will share further information when we have it. "
Ridgeview High School on SW Elkhorn Avenue opened in 2012 and has over 1,000 students.
I am sick and tired of the district TALKING about safety but not doing enough. They will throw millions at sports fields but won’t install metal detectors at the high schools? Please tell me RSD that you are not waiting until after an incident. You have the money. get it done!
exactly. My son goes to RSD, and their crazy if they think they are going to hold me back from getting my kid in a situation like this where they fail to tell the parents anything, and the news finds out first. You have kids crying and calling their parents, and then you hear there is no active threat. Really now?
You need to relax, ma’am.
Things always seem to turn out better when there are plenty of guns involved! Definitely need more guns around. 650 MILLION isn’t enough when anyone and everyone should have a few dozen on hand at all times. Soooooo much safer that way!! Guns for everyone!!!
For once I agree with you!😂
Yes sir! Just purchased two new 1100 semiautomatic shotguns and I’m looking at a new 30-6
Yes, surely having a bunch of cars and parents clogging up the area around the school will ensure the safety of students in an emergency. *eye roll*
You’re grown up, act like one.
guess i’m just the type of parent that wants my kid safe, and won’t just sit back while there is a possible gun threat. Do you have kids? i bet they think you are a real hero. shame shame
This article and Redmond School District is downplaying and minimizing what happened to do. My student was terrified and all the students will likely have trauma surrounding this day. They were locked down and told that each room had to be cleared to find a suspected student with a weapon.
Just got joint release, posting now.
Read that again.
Barney, can you edit comments? Or open them up for the original poster to edit them? I’m sure they mean that their “student” was terrified.
Yeah, I just did that – don’t make those kinds of changes very often, but when it’s pretty apparent…
If they say no one enters or leaves the building then no one is entering or leaving the building.
I believe the latest school bond that was approved by voters includes improving campus safety. However, I do not believe this is the solution. If someone brings a gun and wants to come inside the building it will. It would be quite difficult to put an armed cop to every entrance of every building.
A gallon of gas was used to kill 350 people in a building .Crazy people kill with more than guns .Go waste your own money
Prayers for a boring outcome.
These students were traumatized and this article doesn’t explain even a fraction of what they went through today.
We had more live in our 4p newscast and will have more in later shows and updates here.
Nothing happened, you’re being dramatic and ridiculous.
It was probably a Compass or a sextant someone seen 🤣🤣
someone needs to be fined for false report….
In Breaking news, a convicted liar & race baiter from Chicago is found guilty on 5/6 counts and CNN reports it as “convicted on some charges”! How will Hummel spin the security footage, along with the female assault victim’s of the incident now?
I can’t believe a student would pull this kind of prank. Wait a minute….
Yeah, it used to be pulling a fire alarm.
Because of current parenting norms, for the kid causing the damage it’s the equivalent of pulling the fire alarm. For the rest of the students it very very much more. The kids doing these things need to be separated from the herd. They and their parents need to be skooled in wright and rong.
My daughter text me at 11:50 am
And told me about the lockdown at
10:50. I got a call from the school no police officer came to our car to tell us to leave the school grounds they only had the back block they should of block the front of school too
Like, this is what happens when liberal fear mongering is shoved down our kids throat on a daily basis. It creates situations in some individuals to where they want things to happen and cry wolf. Teachers and staff included.
I highly doubt politics have anything to do with it. Your statement seems more biased than fact.