HAWKINS COUNTY, Tenn. - An "emergency situation" reported Tuesday morning at a high school in Tennessee prompted a heavy police presence and brief lockdown of multiple area schools.Volunteer High School in northeastern Tennessee was on lockdown and students were later evacuated to the nearby National Guard Armory.
Officials with the Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office told WVLT-TV that police received reports of a person carrying a gun at the high school campus around 8 a.m.
local time, prompting the lockdown. A screengrab from a video shows law enforcement on Aug. 10, 2021, at Volunteer High School in Church Hill, Tennessee. (Credit: Rhonda Lawson via Storyful) A Facebook post by the Hawkins County School District asked residents to stay clear.