Sheriff: ‘Hoax’ Call About Gun Vacated Tennessee High School

Sheriff: ‘Hoax’ Call About Gun Vacated Tennessee High School
The Volunteer High School in Church Hill, Tenn., in September 2012. Google Maps/Screenshot via NTD
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CHURCH HILL, Tenn.—Students at a Tennessee high school were evacuated Tuesday on the second day of classes for the year and bused to a local armory after a 911 caller claimed to be a gunman in the building, which authorities later said they believe was a “hoax.”

Hawkins County Sheriff Ronnie Lawson said the call came in around 8 a.m., prompting a major response at Volunteer High School in Church Hill from area law enforcement agencies that turned up no suspect and saw no shooting injuries.