CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – A juvenile has been charged by the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office with false report after a call to 911 claimed there was a school shooter at Rossview Middle School Wednesday morning.
The false call came in to 911 at 7:08 a.m. Wednesday, according to a news release from Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Lt. Mark Wojnarek.
At the time of the call, two school resource officers were on the Rossview campus conducting morning security checks, the news release said. Neither SROs nor school staff heard or saw anything that indicated a shooting was occurring, Wojnarek said.
School administrators initiated a “lock down” protocol; law enforcement conducted a security sweep of the school and found no evidence of a shooting, the news release said.
The SROs have filed a petition against a juvenile suspect.
“We are constantly on alert; and training to respond immediately to emergency calls at our schools,” Sheriff John Fuson said in the news release. “Our SROs arrive at schools prior to student arrival and stay post past dismissal.
“I take threats against our schools seriously and we will take every step to hold persons making false claims of violence against our schools accountable.”