As of 12:50 p.m., Willow Run High School and Willow Run Middle School were no longer locked down.
Willow Run High School was locked down Wednesday morning after a student showed up with a handful of handgun ammunition, Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office officials said.
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Derrick Jackson, Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office director of community engagement, said deputies were called at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday to the high school, 235 Spencer Lane, after being notified that a student had ammunition.
“The kid had ammunition on him but did not have a weapon on him,” Jackson said. “He claims there is not a weapon.”
Jackson said the ammunition was a “handful of rounds.”.
Investigators from the sheriff’s office went through the high school to make sure there is no weapon, Jackson said. The lockdown was precautionary.
Jackson said some parents showed up to the school for everyday business late Wednesday morning and were unable to get inside, due to the lockdown.
Emma Jackson, spokeswoman for the Washtenaw Intermediate School District, said at 12:50 p.m. the high school was given the all clear. She said a lockdown drill was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon and was moved up after the ammunition was discovered.
"The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department was contacted and under their advisement, as a precautionary measure, the entire high school and middle school complex was placed on lock-down," Emma Jackson said in an email. "After a search of the building, no weapons were discovered and all students and staff are safe."
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.