Active Shooter Scare At Cape Tech Leaves Students, Staff Frightened

A false alarm about an armed intruder sent students and staff members at Cape Tech fleeing for their lives Friday morning.

There was no actual threat at the school.

“There was an area of the building where an alarm went off, which is now an investigation,” Superintendent of Schools Rob Sanborn said Friday afternoon. Because the investigation may lead to disciplinary action, Sanborn said he could not say how the armed intruder system became activated.

“But it was a pretty harrowing experience for staff and students. It was quickly realized that it was not an active shooter situation, however people had already left the building, run into the woods and things of that nature,” he said. While the threat was not genuine, “there were people who genuinely thought that it was,” Sanborn said.

For security reasons, Sanborn would not detail the protocols that take place when the armed intruder system is activated, but he said the Harwich Police were immediately notified, as was the school resource officer.

“They were intimately involved in the response and in our meetings afterward,” he said. School officials, not police, are leading the investigation.

The vocational school took steps to support rattled students and staff.

“We had counselors available all day. We did let the kids go early today, around 1:30,” he said. The school notified parents of the incident, and Principal William Terranova will be holding a virtual meeting with parents Monday morning.

The school regularly drills its active shooter protocol, Sanborn said.

“It didn’t function to its fullest,” he said. The problem was related to the alarm system rather than the students’ and staff’s response to the alert, and the alarm system vendor has been contacted, Sanborn said. As of Friday afternoon, the system appeared to be fully functional.

“I’m proud of our staff and students, and I apologize that they went through it,” Sanborn said. “But when they felt it was a real threat, they acted appropriately.”

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