Pasco schools placed on alert after search for missing person near Wesley Chapel campuses

Three Pasco County schools were placed on alert status Tuesday because of nearby law enforcement activity, prompting concern from parents in Wesley Chapel.The schools placed on alert were Wiregrass Elementary, Wiregrass Ranch High School and Dr. John Long Middle School. After the recent deadly shooting at an elementary school in Oregon, one parent reached out to Tampa Bay 28 Annette Gutierrez wanting to learn more about what happened. Pasco schools placed on alert after search for missing person near Wesley Chapel campusesGutierrez emailed the Pasco Sheriff's Office and learned that deputies were searching for someone who ran away from the North Tampa Behavioral Health facility. The email said the individual was unarmed and not considered dangerous, and that they did not go near the school. The individual was quickly located and returned to the facility.Hugo Campodonico, a grandparent of a student at Wiregrass Elementary, said he the received the alert on his phone."We received an emai