EAST FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) - A New York college that went on lockdown over a report of a gun on campus says the weapon turned out to be a light saber.

Students and staff members at Farmingdale State College on Long Island were told to shelter in place Wednesday while police investigated a report that someone was assembling a rifle in a school parking lot.College spokeswoman Kathryn Coley says the rifle was actually a "Star Wars" toy.Farmingdale State is part of the State University of New York system. It has about 8,700 students.---This story has been corrected to show the lockdown was Wednesday, not Tuesday.