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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.
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25 Responses to “Tate High School Placed On Lockdown Due To A Gunshot — And Snake”
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.”
I love the comments on this article! You’ve got to have a sense of humor about stuff like this. Lol
At least he didn’t use a choke hold.
That would be a signal 7
Snake lives matter too!
Law enforcement says Neighboring snakes aren’t cooperating with the investigation.
DB you said it right. Hope the snakes don’t start rioting
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
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
CJ, I agree, a good snake is a dead snake, don’t care what kind it is.
What kind of snake?
Question that’s on everyone’s mind…
Was it a Snake or a Snek? RIP
Well for certain the snakes hands were not up.
Glad to hear no squirrels were harmed in this incident.
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.
What was the name of the victum?
“Slick”
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!!!!!!)
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.
Was the snake armed with fangs?
Snake lives matter
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.
Thanks for the giggle ECSO….” Snake pronounced dead at the scene”
Now that was funny. “Snake was pronounced dead at the scene.” We all needed that.
Interesting
“The snake was pronounced dead at the scene”