UPDATE: Tuesday at 2:15 p.m., Rochester Police officers were dispatched to 8th Avenue SE outside Ben Franklin Elementary School on a report of a man acting suspiciously.

Officers arrived on scene and quickly defused any threat. The man was detained and the matter is under investigation according to Rochester Police.

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ORIGINAL STORY:

ROCHESTER, Minn. (KIMT) - Law enforcement has been called to Ben Franklin Elementary School on Tuesday afternoon just before 3 p.m.

It appears the scene is clearing, and KIMT has a team on the ground working to determine why law enforcement was called the the school in southeast Rochester.

When speaking with school staff at 2:30, they did confirm there was a situation b

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