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Lockout protocols lifted for SLC elementary schools
Apr 26, 2023, 1:08 PM | Updated: 5:54 pm
SALT LAKE CITY — Two elementary schools had implemented lockout protocol after a shooting near 1600 West and 500 South in Salt Lake City. Protocols have since been lifted.
Salt Lake City School’s spokeswoman Yandary Chatwin told KSL that Parkview Elementary and Edison Elementary are currently on lockout. Police said that one person was critically injured in the shooting.
We're investigating a shooting at a home near 1600 W & 500 S with one person critically injured.
A PIO is at 1595 W 500 S.
We are working w/@slcschool ensure nearby schools are safe.
The shooting does not appear to be related to any nearby school.
#SLC #SLCPD… pic.twitter.com/stiItcZ5e6— Salt Lake City Police (@slcpd) April 26, 2023
The lockout will continue, Chatwin said, while SLC Police investigate.
Lockdown, or secure alert “means we lock the exterior doors of the school,” Chatwin said, “and business continues as usual inside the building.
“It means nobody can come in or out. So, if a parent was trying to check the student out of school or someone was arriving late, they can’t come in the building until that secure alert is lifted by police.”
Chatwin said the police activity is not related to either of the schools in lockdown.
Police have confirmed one person has died in the incident.
We can confirm the victim has died.
No info is being released about their name, age, or gender as we notify family.
We’ve asked for our victim advocates and our department’s peer-support team to respond to help the family & the officers on this call.#SLC #SLCPD #SaltLakeCity pic.twitter.com/Wg26uK2Yaa
— Salt Lake City Police (@slcpd) April 26, 2023
