The Associated Press
NEW PRAGUE, Minn. - Students are heading back to class at New Prague public schools following a lockdown caused by a fake emergency call about a shooting.
Absent from school Thursday will be a 12-year-old boy accused of
perpetrating the hoax that locked hundreds of students in their
classrooms and drew a widespread respond from law enforcement agencies.
The New Prague middle school, high school and Central Education
Campus buildings were locked down Wednesday after the 911 caller said
there was a shooter with an AK-47 and a couple of victims. Authorities
determined no one was hurt and arrested the boy. Classes were canceled
for the rest of the day.
A juvenile detention hearing is expected to be held Thursday for the young suspect.
New Prague is about 45 miles southwest of Minneapolis. The middle and high schools have a combined enrollment of 2,067.