Fight Prompted Lockdown Tuesday At Osseo Middle School: Principal

MAPLE GROVE, MN — Osseo Middle School was placed in lockdown Tuesday afternoon after a fight started in the building and “quickly moved outside,” according to a message from the school’s principal.

Principal Brian Chance said administrators “immediately” called Maple Grove police, who helped resolve the situation after the fight “moved outside because of an external threat.”

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No one was allowed into or out of the building while the school was locked down for about 50 minutes Tuesday afternoon, Chance told families.

Osseo Middle School operated in a “shelter-in-place” mode for the rest of the school day before students were dismissed as usual at 2:40 p.m., officials said.

Maple Grove police told Patch they could not provide any details about the incident that prompted the lockdown at Osseo Middle School because they are still investigating.

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Kay Villella, communications director for Osseo Area Schools, said she could not provide any more information about the external threat due to “data privacy.”

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