UPDATE: Lockdown lifted at Tates Creek Middle School in Lexington, Kentucky

More than a dozen law enforcement agencies are responding to reports of an active shooter outside the campus of Tates Creek Middle School in Lexington, Kentucky.

UPDATE: Friday, November 4 at 7:22pm

The lockdown at Tates Creek Middle School in Lexington, Kentucky, has been lifted, with all the students and staff reported to be fine, according to a tweet from Bode Brooks @ Fox 56 News.

A long line of cars, presumably filled with parents here to get their kids, is flowing onto Tates Creek Middle’s campus since this morning’s lockdown was lifted. School officials say no one was hurt after shots were fired near campus @FOX56News pic.twitter.com/GocawkfBX9

— Bode Brooks | FOX 56 News (@BodeBrooks) November 4, 2022

Friday, November 4 at 5:47pm

According to online reports, the Tates Creek Middle School in Lexington, Kentucky is on lockdown this afternoon, Friday, November 4. It was reported that gunshots had been fired and that one person had been shot outside the campus with more than a dozen law enforcement agencies responding to the incident.

The school facility is located at 1105 Centre Pkwy, Lexington Kentucky and nobody is currently being allowed either in or out of the premises, as reported by rawnews1st.net.

Lisa Deffendall, a spokeswoman for Fayette County Public Schools is quoted by @MarioAndersonTV as saying that the campus is ‘on heightened alert’ but that all students and staff are safe.

#BREAKING | Tates Creek elementary, middle & high schools are locked down after report of shots fired on campus.

Fayette County Public Schools spokeswoman Lisa Deffendall says the campus is “on heightened alert,” but all students and staff are safe.https://t.co/xC4rsBO8hL

— Mario Anderson 📺 (@MarioAndersonTV) November 4, 2022

#Lockdown #Kentucky https://t.co/8DflIZvzjI

— RawNews1st (@Raw_News1st) November 4, 2022

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