UPDATE: 12/12/12 2:05 P.M.
According the Associate Press, the St.Rose of Lima Church was evacuated due to bomb threats however police say there is no longer danger.
The site reports:
Deborah Metz, a Trumbull police officer on the scene, gave the all-clear after an hour in which armed police in SWAT gear searched the church and adjacent buildings.
The evacuation unnerved worshippers in the wake of the worst shooting of school-age children in U.S. history.
Police say the church will be on lockdown for the rest of the day.
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It has just been learned that a noon mass was being held at St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown and it has been evacuated.
NBC reports:
Witnesses at the mass said police entered the church and told parishioners that a threat had been made against the church and the surrounding area and that everyone had to leave immediately.
More than a dozen State Troopers armed with assault rifles entered a home next to the church, according to Washington.
Parishioners and news media were told to leave the church property, immediately. It is not clear what threat was made.
Developing…
SOURCE: NBC
