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17-year-old student allegedly brought three loaded guns, including an
AK-47, and a knife to his Texas school Monday morning.
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Madison High School in San Antonio, Texas, was placed on lockdown until
the unidentified student, who also had additional ammunition in his backpack,
was taken into custody. No injuries were reported at the school of over 3,200
students, according to The Associated Press.
KSAT
News reports the boy’s parents woke up Monday and discovered that their
son and three of their guns were gone from their home. When they went to his
school, they found their son on campus and then sat down with administrators,
at which point they checked his backpack and discovered the ammo and two of the
three guns. A third gun was found in a bathroom trash can, the San Antonio
Express-News reports.
North
East Independent School District spokeswoman Aubrey Chancellor said it is
unclear exactly what the student planned to do with the weapons.
“The
student had said that he planned making some demands over the announcements
later today at Madison High School,” she told local outlet KSAT
Monday. ”He didn’t say specifically what those demands were, but he did
say if those demands were not met, he had planned on committing violence.”
Monday’s
incident comes days after workers at a nearby school district received an
anonymous threat via email that said a mass shooting would take plac
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