Thursday, 24 October 2013
11 YEAR OLD BRINGS 400 ROUNDS OF AMMO, GUNS & KNIVES TO SCHOOL
An 11-year-old middle school student accused of bringing a handgun, more than 400 rounds of ammunition and multiple knives to his school was arrested Wednesday night, police said.Police recovered the weapons and ammunition earlier in the day at Frontier Middle School in Vancouver, Washington. No one was hurt. The boy was interviewed by detectives and arrested for investigation of one count of attempted murder, police spokeswoman Kim Kapp said in a statement late Wednesday night. The boy, who was not identified, was booked into the Clark County juvenile detention center, she said.
Officers responded to the school about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday to investigate a report that ammunition had been found there. Police located the ammunition and multiple weapons. The middle school and adjacent Pioneer Elementary School were locked down for about two hours.
An estimated 900 students attend the middle school and about 600 attend the elementary school. Parents were primarily alerted about the ammunition and weapons find through the Frontier and district Facebook pages, along with the district website, said Kris Fay, Evergreen Public Schools spokesperson.
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