Pittsburgh Public Schools Carmalt PreK-8 evacuated due to unknown person inside building

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A Pittsburgh Public School building has been evacuated following reports of an unauthorized person on its campus.

According to PPS, Pittsburgh Carmalt PreK-8 was evacuated as police were called to respond to the unknown man inside the building.

Once the report was made, a full lockdown was put in place and then police asked to have the building evacuated.

Parents are now able to pickup their children at the Brookline Rec Center and students are being transported to the center by bus.

One man whose son is a teacher at Carmalt PreK-8 is calling for changes.

"It's scared me to death to know they're going to go into the school room and I have to be somewhere, get a call, and [could] lose one of my children," said Ezkiel Daure. "It's very hard, it's very hard. I wish they would do something better for the school district, security, whatever they plan to do, do something good."

The school district has notified parents.

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