Shoplifting leads to school lockdown
Fleeing shoplifters at the Columbia Best Buy led to a school being locked down Tuesday.
Columbia police were sent to the Best Buy off Stadium Boulevard after the store reported two shoplifters ran from the store at about 3:40 p.m., Columbia Police Department spokesman Jeff Pitts said.
Pitts said police contacted nearby Our Lady of Lourdes Interparish School, which went on lockdown at 4 p.m. The lockdown was lifted at 4:21 p.m., Pitts said.
No students or staff were in immediate danger, he said.
A Best Buy spokesman initially said someone attempted to rob the store but was unsuccessful.
