Ridgefield CT Schools are in lockdown...man with rifle spotted nearby school.

RIDGEFIELD -- Ridgefield schools are in a lockdown after an unconfirmed report of a man with a rifle seen near an elmentary school.

The man was reportedly seen with a rifle near the Branchville train station. State and local police have been dispatched.

The Branchville School is near the station, but students were not yet inside the school when the report came in.

Ridgefield Superintendent Deborah Low has released a statement saying that town schools "have been put into lockdown."

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