School locked down after students fight, then parents brawl, district says

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Authorities say a New York high school had to be placed on lockdown after a fight broke out among students and another brawl started when their parents arrived.

Police told the Poughkeepsie Journal that at least 10 officers were sent to Poughkeepsie High School just before noon Tuesday after a fight broke out among students.

Police said the students' parents later arrived and got into a fight as well.

School district officials said an external threat required administrators to put the high school under a shelter-in-place warning until the threat was contained.

Police Sgt. George Camacho said he doesn't have details of the two fights or information on whether charges were filed.

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