{"id":4042,"date":"2012-03-02T15:34:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-02T15:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=2643"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:40","slug":"cell-phone-auto-correct-sparks-school-gunman-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/cell-phone-auto-correct-sparks-school-gunman-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell phone auto correct sparks school gunman lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/text.jpg\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2644\" title=\"text\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/text.jpg\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2644 lazyload\" title=\"text\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/text.jpg\"><\/a>An auto corrected text message on a cell phone resulted in lockdowns at Oakwood middle and high school in Georgia on Wednesday.&nbsp; The bizarre misunderstanding occurred when a student from Lanier Technical College, near to the West Hall High School campus, bought himself a new cell phone and attempted to send a text message to a friend at the high school to inform him that he would be coming to see him later in the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\" mb10\">\n<\/p><p>According to Hall County Schools Spokesman Gordon Higgins, the students\u2019 unfamiliarity with his new cell phone led to the mix up.&nbsp; Not only did the student end up accidentally sending the message to a stranger instead of his friend, but he also failed to notice that the phone\u2019s auto correct spelling feature had changed the word \u201cgunna\u201d (as in \u201cgoing\u201d) to \u201cgunman\u201d.&nbsp; The result was that the innocuous text message to a friend intended to read \u201cgunna be at west hall today\u201d became the far more sinister text to a stranger \u201cgunman be at west hall today\u201d.&nbsp; The unintended recipient of the message called police.<\/p>\n<p class=\" mb10\">\n<\/p><p>The student who had sent the unintentionally threatening text was stunned when he found himself being located by police officers.&nbsp; \u201cThere was no harm or intended threat,\u201d Higgins notes.&nbsp; \u201cIn this case the smart-phone may have been too smart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" mb10\">\n<\/p><p>No charges were laid against the student and police say the stranger who reported the message did the right thing.<\/p>\n<p class=\" mb10\">\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An auto corrected text message on a cell phone 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