Schools in Ridgefield, Conn., are on lockdown Monday morning while police search the area for a man with a rifle.
A man with a weapon was reported near the Branchville train station, the Stamford Advocate reported Monday morning.
In a statement released Monday morning, Ridgefield Superintendent Deborah Low warned of a "possibly suspicious person in the Branchville Train Station area."
"Branchville Elementary school busses have been diverted to East Ridge Middle School and BES students are in the auditorium," Low said in her statement, according to the Connecticut Post.
A motorist traveling on Route 7 reportedly told police he saw a man with a rifle.
WFSB Channel 3 tweeted schools in Redding and Easton are also on lockdown because of "the Ridgefield situation."
Ridgefield is about 20 miles away from Newtown, Conn., where a gunman opened fire on Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Twenty-seven people, including 20 children, were killed in the incident.
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