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Rush Township police Terrorize varsity girls' over rifle case ?
HOMETOWN - Rush Township police responded to a report of a man carrying a long-rifle case on the grounds of Marian High School on Sunday afternoon, according to a Schuylkill County Communications supervisor.
The call came in at 3:54 p.m. and police responded to secure the grounds. Assisting Rush Township were state police at Frackville and municipal police from Tamaqua, Kline Township, McAdoo and Mahanoy City, according to the supervisor.
When police arrived they secured the building, checked the grounds and conducted a search of the school, but could not locate the man with the rifle case, according to the supervisor. Rush Township police could not be reached for comment Sunday night.
"Obviously, they were a little shaken up," O'Brien said of the players. "A lot of our team's families were at the game and (players) weren't sure what was going on."
That was the case for senior Molly Burke, who said that her parents attended the game.
"They were in the bleachers and I didn't know where everybody in the bleachers went," she said.
The team was escorted to the bus about an hour after the lockdown commenced, according to O'Brien.
"We were happy that we got out of there," Jillian said of the talk on the drive home. "We couldn't believe it happened and that it actually does happen around here."
Police respond to reports of man with rifle after girls' basketball game at Marian - News - Republican Herald
HOMETOWN - Rush Township police responded to a report of a man carrying a long-rifle case on the grounds of Marian High School on Sunday afternoon, according to a Schuylkill County Communications supervisor.
The call came in at 3:54 p.m. and police responded to secure the grounds. Assisting Rush Township were state police at Frackville and municipal police from Tamaqua, Kline Township, McAdoo and Mahanoy City, according to the supervisor.
When police arrived they secured the building, checked the grounds and conducted a search of the school, but could not locate the man with the rifle case, according to the supervisor. Rush Township police could not be reached for comment Sunday night.
"Obviously, they were a little shaken up," O'Brien said of the players. "A lot of our team's families were at the game and (players) weren't sure what was going on."
That was the case for senior Molly Burke, who said that her parents attended the game.
"They were in the bleachers and I didn't know where everybody in the bleachers went," she said.
The team was escorted to the bus about an hour after the lockdown commenced, according to O'Brien.
"We were happy that we got out of there," Jillian said of the talk on the drive home. "We couldn't believe it happened and that it actually does happen around here."
Police respond to reports of man with rifle after girls' basketball game at Marian - News - Republican Herald
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