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Ransom Middle School Placed On Lockdown
November 5, 2019
Ransom Middle School was placed a precautionary lockdown Tuesday morning.
The lockdown was initiated after a teacher reporting hearing a single gunshot somewhere near the school campus, according to Maj. Andrew Hobbs of the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.
Law enforcement searched the area surrounding the school.
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12 Responses to “Ransom Middle School Placed On Lockdown”
May not be as rural as it used to be, but it is still a place where you will sometimes hear gunshots in no way associated with violence. No one wants to discuss what the frequent “active-shooter” drills and lock-downs are doing to the psyches of these students, especially at the K-5 level. Anxiety disorders starting in very young kids for the sake of something that has a one in a million chance of happening to them. They have to see a shrink at 3, but, by God, now their parents can feel that they’re as safe as they already were before we gave them county-sanctioned PTSD.
So sad that schools have to be mindful of things like this.
Look at all the school shootings in the past, better safe than sorry. To bad it upsets some of you to make sure kids are safe. Oh, I forgot, im sure some of you don’t even have kids going to Ransom. Im all for guns but don’t expect the schools and teachers to ignore gunshots if they are close.
@John Q, most of the folks that live around here have enough brains to know where to shoot a gun. Besides, was it a shotgun, a pistol or a rifle……….it could have been a bottle rocket anymore and the panic ensues from uninformed folks who would better serve us living scared in the city. Meanwhile, maybe I’ll use a silencer in the future so as not to upset the non-natives.
@Knee-jerk
I don’t think the Ransom area can be called “very rural” any more. It was only “fairly rural” when I was in high school 20 years ago.
Must be one of those socialist teacher types that puts the safety of the many over the inconvenience of a few, right?
Wow, a single gunshot “near” a school that’s in what can be considered a very rural area causes a lockdown? Hmmmmm, out here we shoot snakes, rats, possums, rabid raccoons and the list goes on. Step up law enforcement for what? Somebody shooting a gun “legally”? Teacher must be one of those afraid of guns types who thinks that socialism cures all.
I live off kingsfield I call all the time hearing random gunshots right next to ransom middle so dangerous. For the kids. I say law enforcement need to patrol the area on a scheduled basis.
Hope no crows fly over they will go into lock down
Kingfield elementary was locked down this morning. What was that about?
2nd lockdown in a week. Last week they were placed on lockdown also.
>>at 9:15 a.m. a fire truck with lights on, no siren, came on campus.
That was a medical incident unrelated to the lockdown.
at 9:15 a.m. a fire truck with lights on, no siren, came on campus. I was leaving there and passed an ambulance, lights, no siren, one minute down the road as it headed to campus.