PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A vehicle believed to be involved in a shooting prompted a lockdown on Palm Beach State College's Lake Worth campus Thursday afternoon.
The college went into an emergency lockdown just before 1 p.m.
PBSC’s Lake Worth campus is on lockdown due to police activity in the area.
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Palm Beach State College spokeswoman Angela Harrington said Palm Springs police located a vehicle on campus that was believed to have been involved in a shooting.
Harrington said the vehicle was registered to a Palm Beach State College student, leading Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office deputies and police to search the campus until the student could be found.
The student was eventually located in a building on campus without incident and detained for questioning.
Shortly before 2:30 p.m., the college announced that the lockdown had been lifted.
