Potomac High in Oxon Hill no longer locked down

WASHINGTON — Potomac High School in Oxon Hill, Maryland, was on lockdown for nearly two hours after a former student was seen trespassing on the school’s campus Tuesday morning.

Prince George’s County Police say a current student was spotted talking with the trespasser, and while police questioned the student they recovered a gun. That student is now in custody.

The school was put on lockdown at 9:45 a.m., however police say the former student was spotted leaving the campus. The lockdown was lifted just before 11:45 a.m.

John Domen

John started working at WTOP in 2016 after having grown up in Maryland listening to the station as a child. While he got his on-air start at small stations in Pennsylvania and Delaware, he's spent most of his career in the D.C. area, having been heard on several local stations before coming to WTOP.

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