Lockdown ordered after student takes loaded gun to school

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) – Education officials in Guilford County say eight schools were placed on lockdown after a high school student took a loaded gun to school.

A release from Guilford County Schools that was sent to local media outlets said teenager took the handgun to Ragsdale High School on Wednesday and planned to sell it.

Col. Randy Powers with the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office said the gun was loaded, but didn’t have a round in the chamber. Powers said some students saw the teen with the gun and notified the school resource officer.

Powers said the teenager fled, but was located nearby.

Guilford County Schools has not said whether the boy has been disciplined, but the student handbook says any student who takes a firearm on school grounds will receive a one-year suspension.

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