Eight Anne Arundel County public schools were locked down Wednesday after a man wanted on charges of attempted murder and kidnapping showed up at North County High School at about 10 a.m., police said.

For many, the massacre at Virginia Tech 48 hours earlier heightened the sense of danger.

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