Ridgewood Schools Locked Down After Student Mistakes Phone For Gun

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A Ridgewood student mistakenly thought he saw a man carrying a gun outside the Travell School Thursday afternoon, prompting precautionary lockdowns there and at the Benjamin Franklin Middle School, police told Daily Voice.

Ridgewood Police Capt. Jacqueline Luthcke was among the responders.
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Jerry DeMarco

10/08/2015 1:30 p.m.

"A dad was dropping off his kid. A student was looking out the window and saw what he thought was a gun," Police Chief John Ward said.Both schools were immediately locked down as a precaution, he said.

"We were able to see on video what the child was talking about -- the parent had a cellphone in his hand," added Capt. Jacqueline Luthcke. "There was no threat."

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