Officials at Brownsburg High School in Brownsburg, Ind., put the building on lockdown Monday after a student falsely reported being attacked.
An article published by WTHR reported school security cameras recorded the student entering the restroom and then falling to the floor after he came out, 17 minutes later.
The student had reported someone stabbed him, but Brownsburg police spokeswoman Jennifer Barrett told The Associated Press the videotape showed no one else entering the bathroom at the time.
Jim Snapp, Brownsburg Schools superintendent, told WTHR the video is conclusive that the situation did not happen the way the student reported.
Brownsburg Community Schools Corp. spokeswoman Donna Petraits told the AP the district may pursue charges for falsifying a report.
Madison Turner, a freshman social work major, attended Brownsburg High School. Turner said she believes the school should have taken more time to evaluate the stability of the student.
"I agree that there should be some sort of legal action because he did disrupt school and he wasted law enforcement's time and thousands of dollars looking for a suspect that never existed," Turner said. "But I think that the primary goal should be to make sure that he's OK, make sure that the student is mentally stable."
Turner said she wondered why the school did not do anything to help the student before Monday's incident.
"They hinder so many programs and so many things in the school system, yet they say they want to help at the same time," she said. "When we go to them for help, then they don't do anything."
Paramedics took the student to IU Health Methodist Hospital for treatment. Police told WTHR they interviewed the student while there and believe the injuries were self-inflicted.
The lockdown lasted for about two hours.
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