Children report man with gun by playground

Children at Childs Elementary School reported seeing a man with a gun in the woods by the school's playground yesterday.\nBy the time school professionals were notified, about five minutes had passed, and the man had disappeared, said Bloomington Police Department Detective Sgt. David Drake. BPD, the IU Police Department, the Monroe County Sheriff's Department and the Indiana State Police Department responded to a call for police at the school, located at 2211 S. High St. \n"We took it very seriously," Drake said.\nThe responding officers surrounded the area and searched the woods and surrounding neighborhoods, but no one found the man who the children said was a white male wearing a green shirt.\nTeachers said the children who reported seeing the man were trustworthy and not known for causing trouble, Drake said. \nMost of the responding officers left at the end of the school day Thursday, and Drake was not sure if officers would be present at the school tomorrow.