Lockdown lifted at Jordan HS after tip of possible weapon on campus

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Wednesday, April 22, 2026 9:46PM
Jordan High School on lockdown after tip of possible weapon on campus

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Jordan High School in Durham was on lockdown Wednesday afternoon after a report of a possible weapon on campus.

The lockdown was lifted around 5 p.m.

Durham Public Schools said the lockdown was a "precautionary measure" after a tip that someone may have seen a gun on school grounds.

Law enforcement officers responded at 4:03 p.m. to the school and conducted a search. Durham police officers and sheriff's deputies found no credible threat, DPD told ABC11.

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