BREAKING NEWS: ‘Active shooter’ is reported at Texas hotel as cops swarm building and guests are told to lock themselves in their rooms
- Police in Grapevine, Texas, are responding to reports of an ‘active shooter’
- The Great Wolf Lodge was placed on lockdown and guests were urged not to leave their rooms as officers swarmed the building
- No injuries are reported but officers are said to be searching the area
- Great Wolf Lodge issued a text to guests telling them that the alarm had been raised by another person staying in the hotel
Police officers in Grapevine, Texas, are on Friday night responding to reports of an active shooter at a hotel.
A guest at Great Wolf Lodge raised the alarm and cops began to swarm the building at around 9.45pm CT, placing some rooms into lockdown.
The hotel told WFAA that the individual ‘made concerning statements threatening the safety of our guests’.
Guests were sent a text advising them to stay in their room or to evacuate if they were not in their rooms already, according to CBS.
There was a large police presence as they continued to search the area at 10.30pm CT.
A guest at Great Wolf Lodge, pictured above, raised the alarm and cops began to swarm the building at around 9.45pm CT, placing some rooms into lockdown
Guests in the Great Wolf Lodge were sent a text on Friday night advising them to stay in their room or to evacuate as cops swarmed the building after reports of an ‘active shooter’
‘Our officers are responding to an active threat call at Great Wolf Lodge,’ the police department said in a tweet, adding that rooms in the hotel had been placed on lockdown
‘Our officers are responding to an active threat call at Great Wolf Lodge,’ the police department said in a tweet.
‘There are no injuries reported, but we are still on scene and searching the area.
‘Some rooms are on lockdown as a precaution,’ they added.
‘We have additional units arriving on scene and continue to check the welfare of everyone inside.’
Guests in the Great Wolf Lodge were sent a text advising them to stay in their room or to evacuate as cops swarmed the building, according to CBS
In a text allegedly sent to guests, the hotel states that they had ‘become aware of an emergency situation by a guest that there is a possible active shooter in the building’.
‘If you are in your room please do not leave your room for any reason,’ it added.
‘If you are out of your room please evacuate to safety.’
This is a breaking story and will be updated.