Tate High School Placed On Lockdown Due To A Gunshot — And Snake

August 27, 2020

Tate High School was place on a brief lockdown early Thursday afternoon due to a gunshot — and snake.

The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office said someone at the school heard a gunshot, called deputies and the school was placed on a precautionary lockdown. An investigation by school resource officers and patrol deputies traced the gunshot to a nearby home.

That’s where they discovered the resident had “shot a big snake as they had all legal rights to do”, according to ECSO Maj. Andrew Hobbs. The snake was pronounced dead at the scene.

“The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office believes student safety is paramount, as does the Escambia County School District, so we take all precautions as we investigate a situation involving our schools,” Hobbs said.

Comments

25 Responses to “Tate High School Placed On Lockdown Due To A Gunshot — And Snake”

  1. Somer on August 31st, 2020 1:06 pm

    The ‘Snake eyes matter’ group, has reached Las Vegas over nite….One of our local crap dealers in Vegas shot a customer, at the crap table this morning, for throwing snake eyes twice in a row…..
    As he was being led away by police you could hear him yelling, “there will be no Snake Eyes Matter, under my watch.”

  2. TU MOM on August 29th, 2020 10:38 am

    I love the comments on this article! You’ve got to have a sense of humor about stuff like this. Lol

  3. retired on August 28th, 2020 10:15 am

    At least he didn’t use a choke hold.

  4. just sayin on August 28th, 2020 9:27 am

    That would be a signal 7

  5. Michael on August 28th, 2020 7:28 am

    Snake lives matter too!

  6. Phil on August 28th, 2020 7:25 am

    Law enforcement says Neighboring snakes aren’t cooperating with the investigation.

  7. Bill on August 27th, 2020 10:20 pm

    DB you said it right. Hope the snakes don’t start rioting

  8. Suzie B on August 27th, 2020 7:56 pm

    With the amount of Sheriff cars heading that way when this was going on… I bet they all had a good laugh afterwards. Honestly – I’m thankful it was this type of incident and not folks shooting at each other. If it’s a venomous snake, is that considered armed and dangerous? Asking for a friend

  9. M in Bratt on August 27th, 2020 7:28 pm

    if they locked down Bratt, Ernest Ward or Northview every time there was a shot heard in the distance, There would not be many days of school completed

  10. Sue on August 27th, 2020 7:07 pm

    CJ, I agree, a good snake is a dead snake, don’t care what kind it is.

  11. Henry Coe on August 27th, 2020 6:47 pm

    What kind of snake?

  12. Concerned citizen on August 27th, 2020 6:35 pm

    Question that’s on everyone’s mind…
    Was it a Snake or a Snek? RIP

  13. Well on August 27th, 2020 6:27 pm

    Well for certain the snakes hands were not up.

  14. Acorn Walter on August 27th, 2020 6:03 pm

    Glad to hear no squirrels were harmed in this incident.

  15. Tate Student on August 27th, 2020 4:59 pm

    This was an interesting day today with this lockdown. Messed up schedules, and lunches. I saw that there were shots fired on the ESCO dispatched calls map, and that was a little worrying. Now I know what it was, it is something to laugh about. Thank you for keeping us updated.

  16. L. B. on August 27th, 2020 4:39 pm

    What was the name of the victum?
    “Slick”

  17. Reader on August 27th, 2020 4:18 pm

    Thank you NorthEscambia.com for keeping us updated. This is good journalism. The who, what, when and where but oh so more than that. Nice with the humor so we all smile and nice to answer all the questions (Snake DOA!!!!!!!)

    And thank you to the ECSO and the school district for doing what you need to do to keep our children safe. And thank you to the home owner. (Snake DOA!!!!!!)

  18. CJ on August 27th, 2020 4:14 pm

    All laughter set aside, I am glad that this was not on campus. Thank you for being cautious with the youth in the school. I’m sorry for those all snake lives matter people, but I personally believe a good snake is a dead snake.

  19. Paul on August 27th, 2020 3:56 pm

    Was the snake armed with fangs?

  20. Db on August 27th, 2020 3:43 pm

    Snake lives matter

  21. Red dead copperhead on August 27th, 2020 2:49 pm

    LOL The snake was pronounced dead at the scene.
    Thankful it wasn’t a policeman shooting the snake. We’d have idiot’s rioting/ protesting here.

  22. Allison on August 27th, 2020 2:47 pm

    Thanks for the giggle ECSO….” Snake pronounced dead at the scene”

  23. Thanks for the laugh on August 27th, 2020 2:32 pm

    Now that was funny. “Snake was pronounced dead at the scene.” We all needed that.

  24. Interesting on August 27th, 2020 2:21 pm

    Interesting

  25. Megan on August 27th, 2020 2:16 pm

    “The snake was pronounced dead at the scene”

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