<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Students at three </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/adelaide" rel="" target="_blank" title="Adelaide"><span>Adelaide</span></a><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/schools" rel="" target="_blank" title="schools"><span>schools</span></a><span> have been forced to hide in cupboards and on the floor as they were plunged into lockdown.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Gleeson College, Golden Grove High </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/school" rel="" target="_blank" title="School"><span>School</span></a><span>, and Pedare Christian College in the city's north-east were forced to abandon their lessons just after midday today when </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="_blank" title="police"><span>police</span></a><span> asked Golden Grove High School to enter lockdown as a precaution.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police were searching for a "suspicious man", so the other schools also locked themselves down due to their close proximity to the presumed danger zone.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/peter-williams-jailed-usa-seven-years-selling-state-secrets-to-russian-broker-australia/10d5e1ec-3bc9-40a1-84bc-57c47d26a8c6" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Australian jailed in US for seven years for selling stolen trade secrets</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Photos and videos sent to 9News show students being forced to hide in cupboards in some cases, with alarms going off and police walking through Golden Grove High School.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Some parents like Adreena Axisa said their children sent them messages, unsure and afraid of what might happen.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/adelaide-schools-lockdown-golden-grove-gleeson-college-pedare-college/a9443847-01c4-47f3-875c-dc130bec8aea" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/troy-maskell-court-updates-man-guilty-after-retrial-over-servo-attack-death/d2573db7-d1b9-4d5b-b6f7-472ab1ef23e4" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Man found guilty after retrial over fatal Melbourne service station attack</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He said, 'Hey mum, I love you so much, we are in lockdown and I am hiding in a closet, I have no idea what's going on'," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"[It] absolutely scared the hell out of me.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Kate Nash received a similar message from her daughter.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I just got a message from my daughter saying, 'We are in lockdown mum. Don't know what's going on, there's cops everywhere'," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/further-charges-laid-against-former-victorian-cfmeu-boss-john-setka/b097d9e2-44ed-4be6-bd2e-5a866946ac14" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Ex-union boss arrested again over allegedly threatening emails</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After dozens of officers combed the area, the true cause of the panic was revealed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>9News understands the "suspicious man" was actually a staff member innocently carrying a toy gun.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There is no suggestion of wrongdoing on the part of the staff member.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police conducted a final search of the area, before allowing the schools to reopen and classes to resume as normal in the afternoon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><em><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" rel="" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>Apple</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" rel="" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a></li><li><em><strong><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" rel="" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>ticking this box here</span></strong></em></a></li><li><em><strong><span>Sign up to</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" rel="" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></strong></em></a></li></ul></div></div>