Delmae Heights Elementary
- Emergency dispatchers heard gunshots and someone pulled an alarm during a suspected shooting at a South Carolina elementary school.
- The gunfire was actually blanks being fired as part of a historical re-enactment, according to law enforcement officials.
- Dozens of officers and parents raced to the school. No one was shot or hurt.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Dozens of police offices rushed to a South Carolina elementary school Tuesday after 911 dispatchers heard gunshots and someone pulled an alarm reporting a shooting on campus. But it turns out the gunfire was actually blanks being fired as part of a historical re-enactment, deputies and officials at Delmae Heights Elementary School in Florence said.
"No one in that school told us they were doing any type of re-enactment," Florence County Chief Deputy Glen Kirby said over his cellphone with an edge to his voice about an hour after the initial reports of gunfire.
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