School in Tennessee was blocked after reports of a man with a gun

WASHINGTON, Aug 10 A Hawkins County school in the US state of Tennessee was blocked on Tuesday amid reports that an armed man was seen nearby, according to WVLT. It is reported that an unknown person with a weapon was seen on the school campus at about 8.00 (about 16.00 Moscow time). … Local doctors reported that ambulances arrived at the scene and took away several victims. The nature of their injuries or possible shooting were not reported. The authorities said that several other nearby schools were blocked after information about the man with the weapon emerged. An hour and a half later, the «lockdown» was removed from everyone except the one from which the alarm had come. «An emergency has occurred in the middle school. At the moment, our main concern is the safety of students and staff. Please stay away from this area so that law enforcement and rescue personnel can have access to it,» the authorities said in a statement citing TV channel. In the United States, one person was killed and five injured after the shooting at the club