Police: South County Hospital placed in lockdown but no threat found

THE SOUTH KINGSTOWN POLICE determined there was no active threat after South County Hospital was placed on lockdown Monday. / COURTESY SOUTH COUNTY HEALTH
THE SOUTH KINGSTOWN POLICE determined there was no active threat after South County Hospital was placed on lockdown Monday. / COURTESY SOUTH COUNTY HEALTH

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – South County Hospital was placed under lockdown Monday afternoon, but the local police determine there was no threat and the hospital reopened.   It wasn’t immediately clear what touched off the alert, but the town police fully checked the complex and said in a Facebook post at about 2 p.m. that “there is

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