A report about an active shooter at a Tennessee high school on Tuesday that prompted lockdowns and student evacuations appears to have been a “hoax,” according to local authorities.

Shortly before 8 a.m., dispatchers received a call coming from Volunteer High School where a person, who said they were a victim of bullying, claimed to be in a bathroom and wanted to carry out an attack with a handgun, Hawkins County Sheriff Ronnie Lawson said during a press conference. However, the ordeal, which involved armed deputies entering the school building, was nothing more than a ruse, he added.