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75 °F Forecast | Road Cams Saturday, March 12, 2005 Today's News | Classifieds | Autos | Homes | Jobs | Tempo | Health | Community | Home Delivery SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion Tempo AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map SPECIAL SECTIONS Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Menu Guide How To Guide Health Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Real Estate Guide Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Wedding Guide Passport to the Rogue Valley SHOP OUR VALLEY AutoFinder HomeFinder JobFinder Classified Place an ad TOP JOBS EXTRA NIE Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People Volunteer Moving here? eSouthernOregon CUSTOMER SERVICE FAQ's Advertise with us Home Delivery Employment Contact Us Media Kit Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend March 11, 2005 Schools locked down after report of man with a gun Two Medford schools were temporarily locked down Thursday while police investigated a report of a young man seen carrying a rifle in the area. Police later learned the suspicious person was a teen walking to a friend’s home while holding a BB gun, Medford police Lt. Tim George said. Just before 2 p.m., a citizen called police to say a young man with a gun was walking south on Holly Street near Monroe Street, Medford police Sgt. Tim Doney said. The call prompted a temporary lock-down of South Medford High School and Sacred Heart School. Both schools reopened within one hour, Doney said. Police swarmed the area and spotted a teenager who ran when an officer approached him. The teen fled through a nearby yard and was later located by police, who learned he had run away from a local youth shelter. Doney said the teen, who was returned to the shelter, was not the person seen with the gun. "He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time," Doney said. Later in the afternoon, police learned about the BB gun-carrying teenager, who apparently dropped the gun in a bush and walked away when officers arrived at the scene, George said. Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune, Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback Student Loan Consolidation Conference Calls - $50/Month Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker, Trunk, Footlockers home equity loans helzberg Slippers Student Loans afsa teleconferencing Memory Foam Mattress Advertisement s