Police, parents descend on Wakefield after false gunfire report
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>>> A FALSE ALARM, BUT VERY
REAL FEAR TODAY ON THREE SCHOOL
CAMPUSES IN RALEIGH.
SOMEONE REPORTED SHOTS FIRED
NEAR WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL'S
FOOTBALL FIELD THIS MORNING.
SCHOOL OFFICIALS QUICKLY LOCKED
DOWN ALL THREE SCHOOLS IN THE
AREA.
WRAL'S AND BRINE JOINS US NOW.
DETAILS ON WHAT STARTED ALL OF
THIS.
BRYAN?
>> Reporter: RALEIGH POLICE
RELEASED THE 911 CALL THAT CAME
IN AT 10:22 THIS MORNING.
THE CALLER SAYS, I'M SCARED AND
REPORTS SEEING THREE PEOPLE
WITH GUNS NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL FIELD.
THE CALLER THEN SAYS, THERE ARE
GUNSHOTS AND SOUNDS RESTLESS.
BUT POLICE FOUND NO EVIDENCE TO
BACK UP THE CALLER'S CLAIMS.
STILL, FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR,
THE ANXIETY HERE WAS ANYTHING
BUT FALSE.
PARENTS KEPT VIGILANT,
CLUTCHING THEIR PHONES, HANGING
ONTO EVERY TEXT.
A WAKEFIELD STUDENT HAD CALLED
OUT SICK FOR THE DAY.
>> IT BREAKS MY HEART.
THEY ARE LIKE MY FAMILY.
I LOVE THEM, LIKE THEY ARE MY
SISTERS.
>> Reporter: NOW THERE'S A
FACETIME CALL TO ONE OF HER
FRIENDS, WHO WAS IN GYM CLASS
IN THE LOCKED ROOM.
>> EVERYONE GOT ON THE GROUND,
ON THE FLOOR.
>> WE SPOKE WITH HER AS SHE SAT
WITH HER BACK AGAINST THE WALL.
>> I'M HONESTLY REALLY, LIKE,
I'M SHOOK.
>> Reporter: ONE PARENT SHOWED
US THE TEXT FROM HIS SON, SHOTS
FIRED.
IT IS NOT A DRILL, THEY ARE NOT
LETTING US GO.
I CAN'T LEAVE THE CLASS.
SO OF COURSE, DAD RUSHED FROM
HOME.
>> OF COURSE, YOUR HEART STARTS
RACING.
>> Reporter: THEY HAVE THREE
SONS.
MR. PAGE ACTUALLY GOT THROUGH
ON THE PHONE.
HIS SON SPEAKING IN A HUSHED
TONE.
>> ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: ARE YOU STILL
INSIDE THE CLASS?
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: EVERYBODY IS OKAY?
>> YEAH.
>> Reporter: FRESHMAN KIERSTEN
HUDDLED IN THE CORNER OF HER
CLASSROOM.
>> I WAS REALLY LIKE, I HOPE A
SHOOTER DOES NOT COME IN AND,
LIKE, MY BEST FRIEND WAS WITH
ME.
I WAS NEXT TO HER.
I WAS LIKE, I LOVE YOU.
>> Reporter: AS THE LONG
MORNING OR ON, THE PRINCIPAL
SAID DESPITE THE CALL ABOUT
GUNSHOTS NEAR CAMPUS, --
>> THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT
ANYTHING HAPPENED OR ANYBODY
WAS ON THE SCENE AT ANY POINT.
>> AND THEN STUDENTS EMERGED.
AMONG THEM, AMANDA, THE ONE WHO
SPOKE TO US ON FACETIME.
WERE YOU GENUINELY SCARED?
>> YEAH, AT FIRST I WAS.
BUT ONCE I REALIZED THAT WE
WERE ALL OKAY, THINGS GOT LESS
SCARY.
>> Reporter: NOW THE QUESTION
IS, WHO MADE THAT CALL? AND
WHY?
RALEIGH POLICE SPOKESWOMAN
EMAILED ME THIS AFTERNOON TO
SAY THE INVESTIGATION THE
FOLLOW-UP IS STILL UNDERWAY AND
AT NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED
AGAINST ANYBODY. PARENTS SAY
EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS A FALSE
ALARM, THIS DAY IN AGE, WITH SO
MANY SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, YOU
NEVER CAN BE TOO CAREFUL.