Green Bay Area School Evacuated After Student Dresses Up for “May the Fourth”

By Jenn Jacques

Yesterday was “May the Fourth” day, otherwise known as “Star Wars Day”, and one exuberant student in Ashwaubenon, WI thought he’d attend classes at his Green Bay area high school in style: dressed up as a Star Wars character.

But as innocent as his intentions were, his actions had a much different, much darker reaction.

Ashwaubenon Public Safety said the parent of another student became concerned after seeing the high schooler dressed as a Star Wars character and alerted authorities, reporting a student wearing a “ballistic-type vest” carrying a backpack and bag into the school.

The school was evacuated and Brown County Sheriffs’ Department assisted Ashwaubenon Public Safety in sweeping the building, finding no credible threat – only one scared kid in a Star Wars mask.

Their was no actual threat at the high school a student came to school wearing a Star Wars costume with a mask.

— Ash Public Safety (@AshPublicSafety) May 4, 2017

Ashwaubenon Public Safety made a statement on their Facebook page following the event Thursday, commending the parent who called in the ‘threat’.

“So when you see something like this, an unknown person walking into a school with a mask on, we have to react to …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms