Police in Ridgefield, Conn., are searching for a “suspicious person” in the area after an unconfirmed report of a man carrying a rifle at a train station.

Authorities, including state police and K-9 units, are scouring the Branchville train station for any sign of the man.

Det. Steve Papstein of the Ridgefield Police Department said “We’re still looking in the area,” “We dont know if the person is armed.”

Just before 8 a.m., a woman called police saying she saw a white male, dressed in black, carrying what looked like a weapon over his shoulder at the train station.

Ridgefield is approximately 19 miles from Newtown, where 20 children and six adults were killed Friday when a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook elementary school. Ridgefield Superintendent Deborah Low said Monday that all schools in the district “have been put into lockdown,” following a report of a suspicious individual at the train station, which is located across the street from a school.

“Due to a report of a possibly suspicious person in the Branchville Train Station area, all schools have been put into lockdown. Branchville Elementary school buses have been diverted to East Ridge Middle School and BES students are in the auditorium,” Low said.

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