After a St. Paul school received a tip that students may have brought BB guns to school Friday, two were found during a search.
“No one was injured, and no threats were made,” Creative Arts Secondary School Principal Kristen Lynch wrote in a letter to parents. “… BB guns are not toys, and students who bring them to school face serious consequences.”
Officers responded about 8:40 a.m. to the public school on Kellogg Boulevard in downtown, which is for sixth- to 12-graders.
Police determined the 11- and 13-year-old boys each brought a BB gun to school to show friends, said Sgt. Toy Vixayvong, a St. Paul police spokesman. They did not arrest the boys and the school “will be handling the incident with the students and their parents,” he said.
Lynch asked parents to make sure any weapons at home are safely stored and not accessible to children.
“This also serves as a good reminder to check your child’s backpack daily to ensure that dangerous and non-educational items are left at home,” she wrote.
There were two previous instances of guns discovered at St. Paul Public Schools this school year.
On the first day of school this month, a 14-year-old was found with a handgun at Johnson Senior High School on Arcade Street and arrested. It was unloaded when police recovered it.
Last week, a report of a gun at Como Park Senior High led police to arrest a 16-year-old student off school grounds. The student ran from the Rose Avenue school and police said they found him about a mile away, and recovered a handgun and loaded magazine from a yard where the suspect had been seen.
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