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False report of active shooter prompts Evie Dennis Campus lockdown

Posted at 12:19 PM, Sep 30, 2016
and last updated 2016-09-30 14:20:45-04

DENVER -- Police rushed Friday afternoon to Denver Public Schools' Evie Dennis Campus after a report of an active shooter. The report was later determined to be unfounded.

Denver Public Schools put the Green Valley Ranch campus on lockdown while police investigated. The lockdown was lifted about 15 minutes later. Police did not say how the threat was made.

The Evie Dennis Campus has 1600 students on it at any given time between all of their elementary through high school programs.

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