Crime & Safety
Brief Police Barricade Leads Schools to Notify Parents
But a situation in Font Hill was quickly resolved with no injuries.
A suicidal person in the Font Hill neighborhood led police to barricade streets, according to a police spokesperson, but the situation has been resolved and no one was injured.
Several Howard County Public Schools sent out alerts at about 1:30 p.m. notifying parents that the schools were not on "lock-down," but that students and staff were safe at nearby schools, including Centennial High School; Burleigh Manor Middle School and Centennial Lane Elementary School.
By about 2 p.m., according to police spokesperson Sherry Llewellyn, the situation had been resolved without any injuries.
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