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TEA, S.D. (AP) A man preparing for a hunting trip inadvertently triggered a lockdown in the Tea Area School District.

Tea police chief Ken Haugen says local schools were put on lock down about 8:30 a.m. Friday after several reports of an armed man in the area.

But, Haugen says, the gunman turned out to be a hunter getting ready for a trip.

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