Two Turn of River students taken to hospital after ‘medical emergency’
STAMFORD — Turn of River Middle School students sheltered in place Wednesday during a “medical emergency” that involved two students who reported they were having trouble breathing, police said.
The students were transported to Stamford Hospital, Stamford Police Capt. Diedrich Hohn said Thursday.
Justin Martin, spokesperson for the school district, said “a child ate or drank something that resulted in a medical emergency,” and did not provide any more information.
Hohn said a shelter-in-place procedure was put into place at the school, but did not comment on what led to the medical emergency.
“We do it out of an abundance of caution. You know with what’s going on in Norwalk and just the other day with the incident at Rogers (International School), these kids don’t understand the magnitude of making comments, and we have to vet them and make sure they are not real,” Hohn said. “We always have to act out of an abundance of caution.”
It was the second time in as many days that a school in Stamford went into shelter-inplace mode.
On Tuesday, a student brought a “suspicious object” into Rogers International School. Stamford police spokesperson Sgt. William Brevard said the package was ultimately deemed safe after an investigation that lasted about 90 minutes. There were no arrests made.
In Norwalk, a juvenile has been charged with three counts of conspiracy and multiple charges of threatening, falsely reporting an incident and breach of peace. According to police, the teen allegedly made multiple false threats at Norwalk High School over the last week by conspiring with a foreign actor.
Brevard said he does not expect any criminal charges to result from the incident at Turn of River. As part of school protocol, Brevard said a shelter-inplace order is put in place so police and emergency services can “do what they need to do without interference.”
Hohn said officers utilized the shelter-in-place order to ensure no other students were sick or experiencing medical emergencies. He said the procedure was implemented more as a welfare check than an active shooter or other similar type of situation.
“We went to each of the classrooms and asked if everyone was OK, and that’s really all we did,” Hohn said.
Hohn said the incident is still under investigation.