RAPID CITY, S.D. – Law enforcement in Rapid City say a social media message circulating among students depicting a firearm led to a secure status at several area schools Thursday.
The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office says the message was received shortly after 11:00 Thursday morning.
The secure status began at Stevens High School where the embedded School Resource Officer immediately placed the school on secure status. Shortly after, West Middle School was also put on secure status as a precaution. As an added precaution, other Rapid City Area School placed themselves on secure status at their own discretion.
By 2:00 p.m., all secure status was lifted and law enforcement reported an individual had been detained.
Rapid City Area Schools says all students and staff are safe and an investigation into the incident was ongoing.
