Poughkeepsie High School went into a lockdown Tuesday after a fight first broke out among students and later between parents, according to city police Sgt. George Camacho.

At least 10 officers were dispatched to the school at 11:46 a.m., he said. “There was a disturbance between students” that led to a fight, he said, and their parents arrived and later got into a fight.

Poughkeepsie Superintendent Nicole Williams said "there was an external threat" that required the school administrator to put the school in a "shelter-in-place" until the threat was contained. It began at 11:50 a.m. and ended at 12:20 p.m.

Camacho said he wasn’t able to provide when the lockdown was lifted or the details of the two fights.

He said he “didn’t have any information” on whether or not charges were filed.

Jack Howland: jhowland@poughkeepsiejournal.com, 845-437-4870, Twitter: @jhowl04