No 'Man With Gun' Found Near Peninsula School, Lockdown Lifted

WOODSIDE, CA -- Woodside Elementary School was on lockdown Thursday afternoon after a man was reportedly seen with a gun near the campus. However, at 5:12 p.m., sheriff's officials said no one was found in the area.

Deputies and detectives arrived at the school, located at 3195 Woodside Road, after a student said he saw a "man with a gun" at the creek behind the school around 2 p.m., according to the San Mateo Sheriff's Department. A lockdown was issued shortly thereafter.

Sheriff's officials lifted the lockdown after a search turned up no results for the alleged gunman.

"The suspicious circumstance investigation reported earlier this afternoon has been cancelled," the sheriff's department said via the SMC Alert system Thursday evening. "Deputies and detectives conducted a search for the alleged suspect in the areas between Mountain Home Road and Fox Hollow Road with negative results."

"The reported incident was not confirmed," the agency added.

The suspect was initially described as thin and in a white jump suit, authorities said.

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