Signs around Hersheypark said there was training in progress, however, several local firefighters were notified of an active shooter- not a drill.
Hersheypark was closed this morning, swarming with ambulances and police on the scene to conduct a full-scale training exercise.
“The pager went off and it said about an active shooter over by Hersheypark,” says Roxanne Bosler, a wife of a fire police officer in the South Hanover Fire Department.
Bosler was confused as to why her husband was never alerted that it was a drill.
“My daughter lives over there and I was worried about her because of her surgery two days ago and I told her to lock her doors to make sure everybody was safe,” Bosler said.
The pager mishap wasn’t a one-off. Bosler mentioned that the constable of the fire department received the same notification.