Backfiring car triggers panic
A Texas elementary school was put on lockdown because a car backfired. Police and parents rushed to Birdville Elementary after the sound triggered a panic. The alert was called off after police interviewed a man who said his car started the whole thing. “We have a vehicle that backfired in the parking lot,” said a police spokesman.
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