LOCKDOWN Lafayette High School ‘Shelter In Place’ Friday Morning

LAFAYETTE — Lafayette High School, in Lafayette, LA, is currently under lockdown, reports KATC Friday morning.

A spokesperson with Lafayette police says the was placed on lockdown at 6:41 am due to a possible threat at the school.

The school is located at, 3000 W Congress St, Lafayette, LA.

John Mowell with the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s department tells KATC the school received a verbal threat this morning causing the lockdown to be put in place. A number of law enforcement agencies are responding to the school to investigate.

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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.