Report of armed intruder in New Jersey school a hoax: investigators

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A report of an armed intruder that forced the evacuation of a New Jersey elementary school on Tuesday is being treated as a hoax, law enforcement officials said. A call came in to Village Elementary School in Holmdel Township, about 40 miles south of New York City, at about 11 a.m. reporting that a gunman had entered the grounds. Police and SWAT teams rushed to the school and searched for a gunman but did not find one, said Charles Webster, a spokesman with the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office. No shots were reported fired and no one was injured. Investigators said the incident appeared to be a hoax. (Reporting by Laila Kearney; Editing by Barbara Goldberg, Chizu Nomiyama and Sandra Maler)