The lockdown has been lifted at Mohawk Valley Community College after SWAT, the Oneida County Sheriff’s Office, New York State Police and campus security cleared buildings.
Three schools in the Greater Utica area are facing threats, resulting in closure and lockdowns to start the school week. Several schools are now in lockdown status.
Students locked themselves in classrooms and hid under desks at a college in upstate New York on Monday after the school received a threatening message about someone armed with a weapon.
Authorities say a Hudson Valley high school had to be placed in lockdown after a fight broke out among students and another brawl erupted when parents arrived on the scene.
ATTICA, N.Y. (AP) — New York's correctional officer's union says Attica Correctional Facility was placed on lockdown after five fights involving illegal weapons broke out in the span of two days.