Kennedy churches, businesses temporarily locked down after false reports of gunman in area

Some Allegheny County churches and businesses were temporarily on lockdown this morning after local law enforcement received two calls about a man with a weapon.

Kennedy Township police were called around 9:40 a.m. The first caller said a man wearing a black mask and carrying a weapon was walking in the area of St. Malachy Church at 343 Forest Grove Road, Coraopolis.

The second caller said the man was inside the church.

Kennedy Township and other departments responded and had the churches, a daycare and businesses in the area on lockdown as they searched for the suspect.

A male was later found in the area, but he didn’t have any weapons, just something strapped to his back, Kennedy police said.

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