The Dallas School District is investigating comments made by a former student about a school shooting that never happened.
Video clips and accompanying media coverage appear to show Calvin Polachek, a member of the class of 2020, speaking about surviving a shooting at the Luzerne County school that he claimed left several students dead.
Gun safety advocates organized the February event, held in the Kentucky capitol building. Several articles from the event identified Polachek as a graduate student at the University of Louisville. At the event, he claimed to have lost his best friend and his brother in a 2017 shooting, according to media accounts.
“The district is aware of a video clip and accompanying article that appears to depict a former Dallas student speaking about a school shooting at Dallas in 2017. Thankfully, that never happened,” according to a statement posted to the district website on Wednesday. “Our district solicitor is supporting an investigation and communication regarding the circulating clip.”
The media reports from Kentucky circulated on social media and reached Northeast Pennsylvania this week, outraging community members and graduates of the school.
Efforts to reach Polachek were not immediately successful.
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