Three students tipped off a school employee Thursday that another student had a handgun inside the Gary Middle College, 131 E. 5th Ave., Thursday.
Three students tipped off a school employee Tuesday that another student had a handgun inside the Gary Middle College, 131 E. 5th Ave., Thursday.Police said the Glock handgun was fully loaded with an extended magazine.
In this incident, Teasley said three students reported the student had a gun. He said a counselor approached the student and a security officer searched him and found the gun.Teasley said the student has been enrolled since last fall. Gary Middle College is a grades 9-12 charter high school for non-traditional students ages 16-and-up. It has two campuses in Gary and one in East Chicago.
So far this year, there have been about 18 school shootings that resulted in injuries or deaths. On Monday, a 31-year-old woman was shot and injured in school parking lot in Flint, Mich. after she got into a fight with another parent.Teasley said the metal detectors are a deterrent.“I don’t know how good of a deterrent it actually is. They do have someone at the door now,” he said.
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