--- description: Colfax K-8 school was put on lockdown after an anonymous caller reported a student with a weapon. title: Pittsburgh Elementary School Near Site of Synagogue Shooting Put on Lockdown image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Pennsylvania](/tag/pennsylvania/) ## Pennsylvania Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Pittsburgh School Near Site of Synagogue Shooting Put on Lockdown by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 31, 2018 2:38 PM CUT by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Oct 31, 2018 2:38 PM CUT A Pittsburgh school located just a mile away from the Tree of Life synagogue — where [11 people were killed](http://time.com/5436829/multiple-casualties-shooting-pittsburgh-synagogue/ "undefined") in a shooting on Saturday — was put on lockdown Wednesday morning after a student was reported to have a weapon. Pittsburgh Public School spokesperson Ebony Pugh tells TIME that Colfax K-8 school was put on lockdown after it received an anonymous phone call saying that a student at the school was in possession of a weapon. The call came in at 9 a.m. City and school police are conducting a search of the premises, Pugh says. No injuries were reported. Pugh did not have details on what weapon the student was reported to have or what grade the student is in. Colfax K-8 is located in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. The lockdown comes less than a week after suspected gunman Robert Bowers [opened fire](http://time.com/5439625/cecil-david-rosenthal-pittsburgh-service/ "undefined") in the Tree of Life synagogue, killing 11 and injuring six others. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5440160/pittsburgh-colfax-school-lockdown-weapon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5440160/pittsburgh-colfax-school-lockdown-weapon/"},"headline":"Pittsburgh School Near Site of Synagogue Shooting Put on Lockdown","datePublished":"2018-10-31T14:38:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T21:53:26.675Z","description":"Colfax K-8 school was put on lockdown after an anonymous caller reported a student with a weapon","url":"https://time.com/5440160/pittsburgh-colfax-school-lockdown-weapon/","keywords":["Pennsylvania","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/pennsylvania/","name":"Pennsylvania"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5440160/pittsburgh-colfax-school-lockdown-weapon/","name":"Pittsburgh School Near Site of Synagogue Shooting Put on Lockdown"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Community, Religious Leaders Say Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting 'Will Not Break Us' At Vigil","description":"Religious leaders across faiths, elected officials and community members filled a memorial hall late Sunday to honor the victims of a mass shooting a Pittsburgh synagogue one day prior.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/dfh6Qok3/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-10-28T23:38:32.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/dfh6Qok3.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5440160/pittsburgh-colfax-school-lockdown-weapon/","duration":"PT51S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5440160/pittsburgh-colfax-school-lockdown-weapon/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```