A report of a person with a gun near two Slidell schools led to a lockdown and a police search. WDSU reported that police searched nearby woods and did not find anyone with a gun. Officers were expected to remain at the schools for the rest of the day.
What the search established
The reported outcome narrows what is known: police did not find anyone with a gun in the woods they searched. The available account does not establish whether they located or identified the person described in the report, or how long the lockdown lasted. WDSU identified the schools as Boyet Junior High and Little Oak Middle School.
School safety involves local police agencies
The response took place within a parish where school security is shared among law-enforcement agencies. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office says it provides school resource officers at 27 of the parish’s 55 public schools; municipal police agencies staff the remaining positions. That staffing context does not establish which officers were assigned to this incident, but it shows that municipal departments have a role in school coverage.
A separate incident illustrates how a threat near a school can prompt precautions even when the reported target is elsewhere. WBRZ reported that a threat to a synagogue in Baton Rouge on April 24, 2026, brought a substantial police response and lockdowns at nearby schools. It was a different event in a different city, and does not indicate a pattern or establish anything about the Slidell report.
