Rumors of a gun results in Hickman High School’s homecoming dance ending early

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

The Hickman High School homecoming dance ended early Saturday night after school officials heard reports of someone with a gun at the dance. 

Hickman High School Principal, Tony Gragnani, said in an email to parents that school staff, district security and the Columbia Police Department investigated the rumors, which were found to be unsubstantiated. 

District spokeswoman, Michelle Baumstark, said to ABC 17 News that there was no evacuation of the dance. "We ended the dance 15 minutes early because of rumors that were causing too much of a disruption," Baumstark said.

"Although this rumor has no credibility, we wanted to make you aware of the situation and let you know that the school is taking this incident seriously," said the email from Gragnani.