we're following breaking news as we continue this new now code red lockdown has been lifted
now at Brentwood Elementary School we told you about the story at the top of
our newscast wral's Matt talhelm was live at Southeast Raleigh High School where a code red
lockdown had been lifted and now he has moved to Brentwood Elementary School what's going on there
right Renee yeah that lockdown was lifted about 12 minutes ago let me walk you through what was
just sent out in this message to parents here they said tell us from the school system that there was
a threat this morning a student reported to a teacher that another student may have a weapon
that has all been cleared there is no problem here the students are safe but I do want to show
you down the line here look at that line of cars these are parents coming here to Brentwood Magnet
Elementary School to pick up their children obviously you know this is a scary moment for
parents I want to bring in one of those parents of a second grader here at Brentwood Elementary
School John Scarborough you got that message a text message this morning right around 11
16 saying your daughter's school is on Code Red lockdown what's that feel like when you get that
message knowing all these threats that are going on you know through your stomach it just gets cold
and tight you're almost certain it's not an issue but there's just too much that we've seen go on
here in Wake County that you just can't take it as a non-threat you said you were actually able
to know exactly where your daughter was tell us how you discovered where she was because
she wasn't inside a classroom when this lockdown started that's correct she was at recess and since
my daughter has one of the gab phone locators as soon as she broke the Geo fencing that we had set
up on it we got a notification that showed that she'd been moved to the Brentwood Park which is
adjacent to the school you come down here you see all of the other parents here there's a
line of parents at the school up at the door here obviously to take their kids home for the
day what is your plan with your daughter and how does this feel do you feel that she's safe and
secure at school you know I know they have a good plan and I know the administrators at this school
execute the plan it's pretty obvious from we saw what they did they had the threat they went into
their their pre-planned evacuation for where she was at and locking down the students that would
safe otherwise but we have a lot of potential issues here kids can get hurt staff can get
hurt and they're just not really prepared to address that and it doesn't get any easier I
imagine it's it's still scary you get that message absolutely my wife was frantic and we think about
it all the time when they just did a field trip and what happens if something happens on a field
trip thank goodness I was chaperoning and I was but you just helplessness what's your message to
the school system what needs to be done to make sure that this does not continue that we don't
see another like six threats like we saw Friday at least two today well you know we dodged a bullet
literally at Fuquay Varina Middle School that student could have decided to turn that weapon on
his teacher or his classmates we need to move we need to move quickly we've had reports we've had
studies it's time to execute the recommendations of those research studies John Scarborough I'm
glad everyone your daughter and all the other students here are safe at this point but obviously
you know that shakes up a parent a second grader any a student especially in elementary school like
this but once again everyone is safe here that lockdown that code red lockdown lifted about 12
13 minutes ago here at Brentwood Elementary School after a student reported that another student may
have a gun also at Southeast Raleigh high school that red code red lockdown has been lifted and we
are told no weapon was found there in those threats that came into that school as well
Matt relieved to hear that there's no credible threat there but it has just has to be so
frustrating for families who go through this at all these different schools that are under
these lockdowns and then as police investigate Matt talhelm from Brentwood Elementary School