Just before nine o’clock this morning, the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office, in cooperation with McDowell County Schools, placed Nebo Elementary School in a preventative lockdown due to a suspicious package at the Nebo post office. Upon further investigation and in close consultation with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and Emergency Management, students were relocated to the gym and multipurpose room, a safe distance from the suspicious package.
The package was found to be an antique rifle barrel that was not dangerous. It was being sent to a local collector in Nebo.
McDowell County Sheriff Ricky Buchanan expressed his appreciation to McDowell County Schools, McDowell County Emergency Management, the Nebo Fire Department, and the S.B.I. for their assistance and swift response.
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