A 13-year-old Boise boy brought a gun to school but made no threats, police say
A 13-year-old student at East Junior High School reportedly brought a gun to school on Wednesday but did not threaten anyone with it, according to authorities.
In an email to parents on Thursday, the school district said that “school administration investigated a report of a student bringing a gun to school yesterday. The student was immediately identified and the weapon was confiscated off-site and secured.”
The Boise Police Department said Friday that it learned early Thursday about the incident and said a school resource officer quickly located and searched the student, who was not armed then.
“After an investigation officers learned the student, a 13-year-old male, did bring a gun to school in his backpack on Wednesday,” according to BPD. “There is no evidence that the student made any threats with the gun or that the student ever removed the gun from the backpack at school on Wednesday.”
Police said they found the gun Thursday at the student’s home — police said he got it from within the household — and confiscated it for “safe keeping.”
The investigation is ongoing and the student faces possible criminal charges in addition to consequences at school, police said.
The school district said in its email that the student faces possible legal and school action, per the Boise School District’s policy on weapons.
Police did not name the student.
Also on Thursday, the Boise School District said Lowell Elementary School conducted a shelter in place for about 20 minutes because some Boise High School students might have discharged a pellet gun while on their lunch hour, off campus.
The students with the pellet gun have not been named, but they could face legal or school action.
This story was originally published November 15, 2019 at 11:04 AM.
