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Bristol Shots Fired Report Turns Out to be Contractor Using Nail Gun

File Image: Bristol Borough Police SUV Credit: Jeff Bohen, Lower Bucks Source

A shots fired report in Bristol Borough Wednesday afternoon caused Snyder-Girotti Elementary School to lockdown only for police to discover it was a contractor using a nail gun.

The Bristol Borough School District sent out the below text message to the community moments ago leading to a flood of messages from concerned parents

Credit: Confidential Source

Chief of Police Joe Moors said via text officers responded to Pine Street for a report of shots fired. ‘

Out of an abundance of caution Snyder- Girotti initiated a lock down, Moors said.

“Upon investigation officers discovered a roofing contractor working with a nail gun on the 800 block of Pine St.”

The lockdown, the chief said, was lifted and students were dismissed on normal schedule,” Moors said.

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