A person coaching for a marathon triggered a lockdown at a New Jersey college on Monday.

Police in Wildwood Crest bought the decision simply after 8 a.m. a couple of man strolling close to Crest Memorial Faculty carrying a bullet proof vest.

As police raced to the scene, the varsity was positioned into lockdown out of what police referred to as “an abundance of warning.”

Initially, police have been unable to find the person. Different regulation enforcement companies have been referred to as to help within the search.

In an announcement, police say they have been capable of find the person the witness described later within the day. He was discovered to be carrying a weighted vest, not physique armor.

A weighted vest is use to accentuate exercises. The person, who was not recognized, advised police he was coaching for a marathon.

It’s not identified what sort of weighted vest the person was carrying, however a search of accessible merchandise does present it might simply have been mistaken for physique armor.

Police thanked the general public and college officers for his or her response.

“The administration and school at Crest Memorial Faculty adopted their security protocols,” Wildwood Crest Police stated in an announcement, “All college students on the college have been safely sheltered till they have been reunited with their mother and father.”

Eric Scott is the senior political director and anchor for New Jersey 101.5. You may attain him at [email protected]

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