No gun, but reported threat on OP college campus wasn’t hoax, police say

Although an extensive search and review of surveillance camera footage didn’t turn up a suspect, officials said Thursday’s gun scare at Johnson County Community College was not a hoax.

“Somebody saw something that they believed to be a firearm,” said Dan Robles of the college’s police department. “We treated it as a serious threat.”

The college was locked down for several hours and classes were canceled while officers searched buildings on the Overland Park campus after someone reported seeing a woman with a firearm.

Initially, there was conflicting information about how many people reported seeing the woman, but on Friday Robles said only one person made the report. A second person who also called police had only overheard the first person calling in his or her report, Robles said.

Tony Rizzo, trizzo@kcstar.com

This story was originally published September 5, 2014 at 3:02 PM with the headline "No gun, but reported threat on OP college campus wasn’t hoax, police say."