HAZARD, Ky. (FOX 56) — School district leaders announced on Friday that Perry County Central High School (PCC) had been placed under lockdown Friday morning as law enforcement investigated a "student matter."

The original announcement was posted on Facebook around noon on Sept. 12 by the Perry County School District. Officials later explained that the lockdown had been issued when a student reported "the possibility of another student having a weapon" to administrators.

Perry County district staff emphasized that students were safe, although they did not specify that the lockdown had been lifted.

"There is no immediate threat to students as we had a very quick response from law enforcement and that presence will remain throughout," officials wrote on social media around 12:20 p.m. on Fr

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