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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSchools In Ridgefield, Conn., Are On Lockdown While Police Search For A Reportedly Armed Man
http://www.businessinsider.com/ridgefield-conn-schools-on-lockdown-2012-12Branchville train station
Schools in Ridgefield, Conn., are on lockdown Monday morning while police search the area for a man with a rifle.
A man with a weapon was reported near the Branchville train station, the Stamford Advocate reported Monday morning.
In a statement released Monday morning, Ridgefield Superintendent Deborah Low warned of a "possibly suspicious person in the Branchville Train Station area."
"Branchville Elementary school busses have been diverted to East Ridge Middle School and BES students are in the auditorium," Low said in her statement, according to the Connecticut Post.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/ridgefield-conn-schools-on-lockdown-2012-12#ixzz2FK2fBPv0
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Schools In Ridgefield, Conn., Are On Lockdown While Police Search For A Reportedly Armed Man (Original Post)
xchrom
Dec 2012
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cali
(114,904 posts)1. Ridgefield is practically next door to Newtown
Very wealthy community, also next door to Wilton and New Canaan.
reformist2
(9,841 posts)2. Horrible.
Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)3. Sweet jesus make it stop.
Where are the MOAR GUNZ people? I want to talk to them.
peace13
(11,076 posts)4. Nice that they tell the potential shooter where the kids are! N/t