Chatt State students describe terrifying hours spent on lockdown

campus put on lockdown as we said almost 4 hours a good chunk out of the work day students also told to stay away from Windows and be as quiet as possible while the investigation progressed local 3's Jamiah batty brings us up to date students say they received an alert on their phone instructing them to lock down and seek shelter many of them tell me they were on their way to school when they got the message students described the fear they had as they arrived on campus multiple agencies responded to the incident many rushed to find somewhere safe until they received the all clear one student tells us that safe place was her car so I just leaned all the way back in my seat until I could work up the nerve to leave I've been going here for I mean this is my second year now and I've never had anything like this before Chattanooga police lifted the lock down Friday afternoon declaring the campus was safe and secure School administrators say they will be offering students in need support starting at 9:00 a.m. students can take advantage of Mental Health Resources offered by the McNab Center and the Chattanooga police department those services will be offered in the student center and belonging Center in Chattanooga I'm Jeremiah batty Local 3 news