Belleair Elementary Lockdown Lifted After 'Hoax' Call, Police Say

Update, 4:16 p.m.:

Clearwater Police have lifted the lockdown at Belleair Elementary following what they are saying was a hoax phone call about a gun and shots fired at the school Tuesday.

Police officials conducted a "throrough check of the school and premises" and found no evidence of a shooter or gun, public safety spokesperson Elizabeth Watts said.

Police say they have confirmed the call, which came in at 2:53 p.m., was a hoax. An investigation is under way.

Earlier:

Clearwater Police are investigating a call about a gun and shots fired at Belleair Elementary School but say there is no evidence of a shooting at this time.

The school was placed on lockdown Tuesday afternoon as a precaution, and buses have been delayed as the school is being checked, public safety spokesperson Elizabeth Watts said.

A 911 call from a cell phone reported the incident, but no one at the school heard any shots, Watts said. 

"It should be noted that 911 received only one phone call from a cell phone that does not take incoming phone calls," Watts said in a media release.

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