FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY DECEMBER 8TH 2025

MILFORD — On Monday, December 8, 2025, at 9:58 AM, the Milford Public Safety Communications Center received a call from a male reporting that a student in a nearby hallway at Milford High School, located at 31 West Fountain Street, was in possession of a handgun.

At 10:01 AM, Milford School Resource Officers placed the facility on lockdown while members of the Milford Police Department Command Staff, Detective Bureau, Special Operations Unit and Patrol Division initiated team-based sweeps of the building.

As Milford Police personnel worked to account for all faculty and students, additional assistance was provided by the Milford Fire Department, Coastal EMS, Massachusetts State Police, Massachusetts Environmental Police, Bellingham Police Department and the Hopedale Police Department.

At 10:45 AM, multiple searches of the building were completed, and the call was determined to be a swatting hoax. The lockdown was subsequently lifted.

“I want our students, faculty and community to know that we keep you safe by treating every incident like a genuine threat.” Said Milford Chief of Police Robert Tusino “Because of the required vigilance, swatting incidents create unnecessary panic and place an enormous strain on resources. The suspect of this call will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

At the time of this release, the Milford Police Detective Bureau is actively investigating the source of the swatting incident and have identified a 16-year-old male as the suspect in this incident and others.

CONTACT JCOVINO@MILFORDPOLICE.ORG FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INQUIRES

All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.