Lockdown ordered at Johnson County Community College

A northeast Kansas community college was placed on lockdown after security received two reports of a suspicious person with a weapon.

Five buildings at Johnson County Community College were affected by an initial order shortly after 4 p.m. Thursday. The lockdown was extended to the full campus about 35 minutes later.

Overland Park police were helping college officers go from building to building. Overland Park police spokesman Gary Mason says the two reports described a woman with some kind of a long gun.

Campus police ordered everyone to remain in a safe place until they were released. Entrances to the campus were also closed, and classes were canceled for the rest of the day.

Television news helicopters showed students standing outside buildings and officers walking calmly around the campus.

This story was originally published September 4, 2014 at 5:03 PM with the headline "Lockdown ordered at Johnson County Community College."