BELLINGHAM, Wash. – A student with an air pistol was the cause of a lockout at Sehome High School on Friday, December 3rd.
A Bellingham Police spokesperson says officers responded to a report of a person with a gun at about 11 a.m.
They determined that a 16-year-old male student had a Glock-style airsoft gun.
Officers confiscated the gun and a K-9 unit conducted a sweep of the school but didn’t find anything.
A charge of possession of a dangerous weapon on school grounds were referred to prosecutors as the gun had a CO2 cartridge and is banned on campus.
The student was released into the custody of his parents.