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12-year-old boy brought loaded handgun to Shaw Middle School, police say (www.spokesman.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Police officers responded at 11:30 a.m. to the school, 4106 N. Cook St., after school officials called 911 advising a student had a weapon in his possession, according to a Spokane Police Department news release. Another student reported the information to school staff, police said.

Spokane Public Schools resource officers contacted the student, took away his backpack and found a loaded handgun inside, according to police. The boy fled the school after 911 was called.

Patrol officers located the student a short distance away from the school and detained him. Police learned the student had showed the gun to another classmate, telling him not to say anything, according to police.

The student, 12, was arrested on suspicion of possession of dangerous weapons on school facilities and second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm. He was booked into the Spokane County Juvenile Detention Center.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just another day in a country where 12-year-olds regularly get caught with guns in school...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

It really can't be helped /s

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

Good job classmate ratting him out. You might have saved a bunch of lives.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

New article with more details: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/oct/16/12-year-old-who-brought-loaded-handgun-to-school-t/ .

Court records say another student was skipping class and hanging out with JV near the stairs when she saw the barrel of a handgun inside his backpack. When she asked about it, he said he was holding it for someone.

The student criticized JV for bringing a gun to school and he responded, “If you snitch, I will pop you in your head the next time I see you,” records say.

Another student who was skipping class told police JV showed her the gun and asked her not to judge him. He said he had it because another student would be coming to the school, records say, but didn’t give any more details.

The semi-automatic, 45-caliber Springfield model handgun found in the backpack had bullets loaded in the magazine, but no round was yet chambered in the barrel.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

If that's the Springfield XD chambered in 45, that's a big gun for a kid.

Also those kids should be proud, they probably saved lives.