OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Police have lifted a lockdown at a northeast Kansas community college after checking a report of a suspicious woman carrying a long gun.

Johnson County Community College police and officers from the city of Overland Park began a room-to-room search of several buildings after the report around 4 p.m. Thursday. Campus police Officer Dan Robles said students were released from buildings as the searches ended.

Robles said police had not found anyone fitting the description of suspicious, pony-tailed woman carrying a camouflage-print bag and a long gun, possibly a shotgun.

The college tweeted shortly after 7 p.m. that there was no longer a “viable threat” and said classes would resume Friday.

 

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — A northeast Kansas community college has been placed on lockdown after security received two reports of a suspicious person with a weapon.

Five buildings at Johnson County Community College were affected by an initial order shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday. The lockdown was extended to the full campus about 35 minutes later.

Overland Park police were helping college officers go from building to building. Overland Park police spokesman Gary Mason says the two reports described a woman with some kind of a long gun.

Campus police ordered everyone to remain in a safe place under they were released. Entrances to the campus were also closed, and classes were canceled for the rest of the day.

Television news helicopters showed students standing outside buildings and officers walking calmly around the campus.