LA Lafayette High School On Lockdown Thursday Over Unknown Threat

LAFAYETTE, LA. (THECOUNT) — Lafayette High School is under a lockdown, according to reports.

KLFY is reporting that the shuttering was “because of a threat.” KLFY said says one person was taken into custody.

The school is located on West Congress Street in Lafayette, LA.

Corporal Bridgette Dugas with the Lafayette Police Department, has confirmed that they are evaluating are the situation, reports KLFY.

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Geo quick facts: Lafayette is a city in southern Louisiana. Downtown, the Alexandre Mouton House, also known as the Lafayette Museum, has 1800s furnishings. The Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum features folk art, Japanese prints and mid-20th-century works by artist Henry Botkin. Southwest of town, LARC’s Acadian Village recreates 19th-century settler life, with reconstructed homes and a general store set along a bayou – wikipedia.