Spokane police investigating report of armed person at Shadle Park High School

Spokane school lockdown after report of student with gun at Shadle Park High

UPDATE: March 19, 2026 at 9:52 p.m.

Spokane police respond to report of weapon at Shadle Park High; additional security planned Friday

SPOKANE, Wash. -- The Spokane Police Department is investigating a report of a weapon at Shadle Park High School today. According to SPD, officers responded to two unrelated calls at Shadle Thursday. The first call came in around 10 a.m. and was an unsubstantiated swatting call involving a gas leak, a bomb, and a shooter.

Spokane police investigating report of armed person at Shadle Park High School

Spokane Public Schools says Shadle Park, Glover Middle School and MAP were placed in lockdown Thursday afternoon following a report of an armed person.

Shadle Park High School among schools placed in 'secure and teach' after fight possibly involving weapon

An altercation between students and an “allegation of a weapon” sent three Spokane schools in the Audubon-Downriver Neighborhood into lockdown as police searched for the students who fled.