A caller who rang a school in Tynemouth with concerns regarding an alleged 'firearms incident' was mistaken, police have said.
At 10.45am today (October 6), Northumbria Police received report from a school in Tynemouth, which officers have not named, to say a concerned member of the public had called to say they had heard there may have been a firearm-related incident in the area.
The incident sparked widespread concern on social media but the force have confirmed that no incident involving a firearm had taken place in Tynemouth and that the caller was simply mistaken.
