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A school went into 'partial lockdown' after police were called out to reports of a man with a gun, the Manchester Evening News understands.

Greater Manchester Police confirmed its officers patrolled the Shevington area, in Wigan , earlier this morning (October 9).

It's understood police were alerted after a concerned person saw a pointed item sticking out of a bag, which they believed to be a gun.

Police searched the surrounding area, but no gun was found.

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The M.E.N. has seen an email sent by Shevington High School to parents and carers earlier this morning, informing them the school was 'briefly placed in partial lockdown as a precautionary measure'.

In an email sent shortly before 9am, John Bennet

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