YELLOW SPRINGS -- The Greene County Sheriff's Office says that after investigating a report of a gunman June 27 at the Glen Helen Nature Center, they have determined the camp counselor made up the story.
"The reporting person was confronted with the investigative analysis in a follow up interview and what was gathered by responding deputies at the time of the reported event," a Sheriff's Office release reads. "The staff member, on July 3, 2013, admitted to investigators that the claim was false. No such person existed as it was reported."
School and park officials have been notified about this development.
The counselor's claim of seeing a suspicious man walking in Glen Helen prompted a lockdown at Antioch College and an extensive search in the area of the park.
"The matter with all facts gathered will be reviewed with the Greene County Prosecutorâs Office at a later date," the statement reads.
Earlier coverage:
JUNE 28: Police Search for Gunman in Yellow Springs
"The reporting person was confronted with the investigative analysis in a follow up interview and what was gathered by responding deputies at the time of the reported event," a Sheriff's Office release reads. "The staff member, on July 3, 2013, admitted to investigators that the claim was false. No such person existed as it was reported."
School and park officials have been notified about this development.
The counselor's claim of seeing a suspicious man walking in Glen Helen prompted a lockdown at Antioch College and an extensive search in the area of the park.
"The matter with all facts gathered will be reviewed with the Greene County Prosecutorâs Office at a later date," the statement reads.
Earlier coverage:
JUNE 28: Police Search for Gunman in Yellow Springs