Vance Elementary School locked down due to threatening phone call; no danger [Video]

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — Students and staff at Vance Elementary School in New Britain were forced to shelter in place for some time Monday morning, after the school received a phone call claiming an armed person was in the building. New Britain police were called immediately and the school was placed into lockdown.

The threat was called into the school’s main office at 11 a.m.

“We got a message, and we just dropped everything and came running to the school,” said parent Holly Norwick.

Parent Tanya Diaz added, “It’s like a feeling where your heart is going to come out of your chest. Not knowing what’s happening at that moment. Is my child safe? Did they target my child’s classroom?”

Police ran to surround the elementary school with their guns drawn.

Parents quickly caught …