Maine schools went into lockout after someone mistook tire iron for an assault weapon

Maine schools went into lockout after someone mistook tire iron for an assault weapon

Cumberland schools went into a lockout Wednesday morning after someone mistook a tire iron for an assault weapon. A resident called 911 to report that someone may have had an assault weapon near the Congregational Church, not far from Greely Middle School, Greely High School and Mable I. Wilson School, according to MSAD 51 Superintendent Jeff Porter. Police alerted school officials, who then ordered a lockout, Porter said in an alert sent to par…