Lockdown lifted after tip about weapon at Riverside High School

Riverside High School was placed on lockdown on Tuesday afternoon after a report of a student possessing a weapon on campus.

Posted 3/10/2026, 7:15:48 PM Updated 3/10/2026, 8:17:37 PM

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Police officers and sheriff's deputies respond to Riverside High School on Tuesday, March 10, during a school lockdown

By WRAL staff

Riverside High School was under a lockdown on Tuesday afternoon after school administrators got a tip that there may be a student with a weapon on campus.

Durham police and Durham County Sheriff's Office members were at the school around 3 p.m.

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The lockdown was lifted around 3:30 p.m. Riverside's regular school day schedule runs until 4:15 p.m.

It's not known if anyone was arrested.

WRAL News is working to learn more.

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