Mistaken report of a weapon led to lockdown of West Haven High School

West Haven High School was placed into lockdown Wednesday morning, according to Mayor Dorinda Borer.

A student reported seeing another student with a weapon, she said.

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Police responded to the school and detained the student in question. The weapon turned out to be a massage gun and not an actual gun, Borer and police said.

The lockdown has since been lifted.

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