UPDATE: East Moline Police Chief John Reynolds and United Township Superintendent Jay Morrow held a news conference Friday morning to discuss details of the high school lockdown.

According to Reynolds, the East Moline Police Department received a phone call on a non-emergency number at 8:42 a.m. from someone who said “they had a gun and they were going to use it at UT.”

The immediate threat was “unsubstantiated.”

“There was no sighting of anybody,” Reynolds said. “This was just a phone call.”

Police said there have been no arrests made and students are back in school.

“We felt we did what was best for the students,” Reynolds said.

“Our students were safe at all times,” Morrow added.

Police said no witnesses were found at the scene that saw anyone with a gun outside the school and reports of an officer tackling a man with a gun or “a gunman inside the school” were “rumors.”

“There are so many rumors I’ve already heard, we can’t possibly stop every rumor. … All we had was that there was a subject with a gun said he was going to take some type of action at UT,” Reynolds said.

EARLIER UPDATE

Local 4 News is live from a press conference at the East Moline police station.

UPDATE: The lockdown has ended at East Moline schools.  Students leaving school will not be allowed back in.

Local 4 News has now heard from four different sources that there was a disturbance outside United Township High School this morning and a person with what looked like a weapon was tackled by an officer. 

Police have not confirmed this. We continue to cover the disturbance at the scene and advise you to avoid the area around United Township High School in East Moline.

A press conference will be held at 11:30 a.m. at the East Moline police station.

This is a developing story. Stay tuned to Local 4 News, Fox 18 News and OurQuadCities.com for updates.

EARLIER UPDATE

Classes and daily activities at United Township will proceed as usual, according to the East Moline Police Department.

If parents feel the need to remove your child from school you may. Police will have an extra presence at the school for the rest of the day .

Anyone with information regarding the threat is asked to call the East Moline Police Department at 309-752-1555 or Crime Stoppers at 309-762-9500.

EARLIER UPDATE

The lockdown has been lifted and students are being released to their parents. 

EARLIER UPDATE

The lockdown has been lifted.

EARLIER UPDATE

A parent who spoke to a student and an employee inside United Township told Local 4 News that the school received a threat and students are in closets.

Police told the parent that all “students are fine” right now but they are combing the neighborhood looking for someone.

A SWAT team is on the scene.

The East Moline Police Department released a statement on social media that it is “currently investigating an unsubstantiated threat.” United Township High School “has been put on lockdown as a precaution. Updates will be provided when more information is available.”

The school released the following statement on its website: “We received an external threat this morning and made the decision to go on lockdown. We are working with the East Moline Police Department to assess the situation. Students are safe and in their classrooms at this time. We are unable to allow anyone in the building and unable to allow anyone to leave at this time. Thank you for your cooperation and we will provide an update as soon as we have one.”

EARLIER UPDATE

A heavy police presence has formed a perimeter around United Township High School in East Moline.

A portion of Avenue of the Cities and side streets near Archer Drive and 11th have been closed.

This is a developing story. Stay tuned to Local 4 News, Fox 18 News and OurQuadCities.com for updates.