Police close off west Phoenix street, school put on brief lockdown

PHOENIX — Reports of a gunman in the area forced a school into a brief lockdown Friday in west Phoenix, but police later said the suspect had only been carrying a pellet gun and a replica rifle.

Police said they’d been called around 6:40 a.m. about a man carrying a gun near 27th Avenue and Osborn Road, close to Bostrom High School before classes began.

The school posted a note at its website that students and staff were being sent to Metro Tech High School.

27th Ave closed from Osborn-Indian School as Phoenix Police investigate a suspect with gun at Bostrom High School. #fox10phoenix pic.twitter.com/QFrJMgiTxO

— Juan Zaragoza (@juanzfox10) April 28, 2017

Sgt. Alan Pfohl said the man had not been on school property.

Police initially closed 27th Avenue in both directions from Indian School Road to Osborn but later reopened southbound lanes, then northbound lanes about a half-hour after that. Traffic was moving normally by around 9 a.m.

27th Ave NB/SB between Indian School and Osborn is CLOSED due to police activity.. Avoid the area… #phxtraffic

— MCDOT News (@MCDOTNews) April 28, 2017

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