DANBURY — City police responded to Wooster School this afternoon for an initial report of gunshots in the campus’ arts center but authorities quickly determined the incident was a false alarm resulting from miscommunication between school staff.
Danbury Police Lt. Christian Carroccio, the department’s spokesman, said the school’s headmaster put the school in lockdown and contacted police after a teacher in the school’s arts center called to report hearing gunshots shortly after 1 p.m.
Five police cruisers responded with lights and sirens, Carroccio said, but soon learned that the report was a result of miscommunication between the teacher and headmaster.
The teacher had actually heard what were likely echoes of gunshots coming from the wooded area around the school, which may have originated with hunters or from a nearby gun club, Carroccio said.
The headmaster thought she was reporting gunshots inside the arts center which was ultimately not the case, he said.