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ELECTRONICS. ANYONE WITH
INFORMATION SHOULD CALL BUFFALO
POLICE.
ALSO THIS AFTERNOON --- WE'VE
BEEN GETTING PHONE CALLS AND
E-MAILS FROM CONCERNED PARENTS
AND STUDENTS, ABOUT AN ALARMING
RUMOR AT CLARENCE HIGH SCHOOL.
NEWS 4'S EMILY GUGGENMOS HAS
UNCOVERED NEW INFORMATION...
EMILY.
SOME PARENTS WERE PRETTY
FRANTIC.. WHEN THEIR CLARENCE
HIGH SCHOOLERS CAME TO THEM WITH
A RUMOR.. THAT SOMEONE WAS
PLANNING ON BRINGING A GUN TO
SCHOOL TODAY. OBVIOUSLY.. THEY
DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE ANY CHANCES
AND CAME TO NEWS FOUR FOR HELP.
BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT.. THAT
THIS WAS INDEED.. JUST A RUMOR.
ON THE SCHOOL'S WEBSITE
PRINCIPAL KENNETH SMITH CLEARS
THE AIR... ACKNOWLEDGING THE
RUMOR THAT WAS BEING CIRCULATED
ON SOCIAL MEDIA SITES... THAT A
STUDENT PLANNED ON BRINING A
WEAPON TO SCHOOL. HE GOES ON TO
SAY THAT STAFF WAS MADE AWARE OF
THE RUMOR EARLY LAST EVENING AND
THEY WORKED WITH STATE TROOPERS
WRITING "WE THOROUGHLY
INVESTIGATED AND DEEMED THE
RUMOR TO BE TOTALLY FALSE AND
WITHOUT MERIT. SCHOOL IS SAFE" I
CONTACTED STATE POLICE.. WHO
WOULDN'T GO INTO MUCH DETAIL..
ONLY TO SAY THEY RECEIVED A CALL
FROM THE PRINCIPAL AT 5:00 LAST
NIGHT.. AND HELPED IN THE
INVESTIGATION.
JUST A SHORT TIME AGO I SPOKE
WITH THE CLARENCE SUPERINTENDENT
WHO TELLS ME IT'S PROTOCOL TO
INVOLVE STATE POLICE IN ANY
INVESTIGATION INVOLVING WEAPONS
AND THREATS. HE TELLS ME THE
RUMOR STARTED WITH SOME STUDENTS
AT A LUNCH TABLE.. THEY'VE