A police response to a possible stabbing west of Durango caused a temporary lockout Friday afternoon at Animas High School.
Durango police Cmdr. Rita Warfield said authorities received a report about 12:30 p.m. of a stabbing that happened about 45 minutes earlier at the Westwood Apartments off U.S. Highway 160, west of downtown Durango.
As a precautionary measure, law enforcement contacted AHS, which is about a mile west of the apartment complex, to go on lockout.
Warfield said police arrived at the Westwood Apartments and found a female victim with minor injuries. She ultimately did not need to be transported to a hospital for further care.
Warfield said investigators are looking for a person of interest who left the scene, but she declined to release a name.
“We are still in the middle of trying to investigate further to see what happened … and piece together all the reports,” she said.
Warfield said the lockout at AHS was lifted around 1:20 p.m.
Libby Cowles, assistant head of AHS, said everyone at the school was safe. “We’re now proceeding as normal,” she said.
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