Police Training Exercise Leads To College Lockdown

GRAYSLAKE, IL — The College of Lake County in Grayslake was briefly placed on lockdown Wednesday morning after police received a report of a man with a gun in the area of Route 45 and Center Street.

Police quickly learned the report, which came in at about 9:45 a.m., was not an actual threat.

Authorities say a law enforcement K9 training exercise taking place in the area of the old Lake County Fairgrounds site lead to the report. There were several marked police cars at the location when the call was made to report the incident, according to a post on the Grayslake Police Department Facebook page.

The College of Lake County's Grayslake campus was briefly placed on lockdown after the report came in.

Police in Grayslake said the training exercise was not related to the Graylsake Police Department and authorities in town were not made aware in advance that it was being conducted on Wednesday.