Montgomery County police found no evidence of a shooting in the 10300 block of Apple Ridge Road in Gaithersburg following a Friday morning report of shots fired, according to social media posts from police.
Watkins Mill High School in Gaithersburg, located at 10301 Apple Ridge Road, was under a shelter-in-place as a precaution due to the report, police said on social media, but the shelter-in-place is being lifted as of roughly 1:45 p.m.
The principal of Watkins Mill High called 911 around 11:20 a.m. to report the sound of gunshots in the wooded area behind the school, according to radio transmissions. Maryland-National Capital Park Police advised emergency services that there were no managed deer hunts or similar activity in the area, according to radio transmissions.
There were no other calls reporting gun shots, staff said no one came out of the woods and no other shots had been heard since the initial report, according to radio transmissions.
Police said on social media at about 12:20 p.m. that officers were investigating the report of shots fired on Apple Ridge Road in Gaithersburg and that Watkins Mill High was in a shelter-in-place as a precaution.
At 1:25 p.m., police said on social media that officers were still investigating the report of shots fired and the high school remained in a shelter-in-place.
At roughly 1:45 p.m., police said that no evidence of a shooting was found in the area and that Watkins Mill was lifting its shelter in place.
