Barely into school year, gun found on an Augusta campus

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Just three days into the school year, a gun was found on an Augusta high school student, according to the Richmond County School System.

It comes after a school year when a gun was found on a Richmond County campus nearly every month.

The latest incident happened Friday at Butler High School, according to a letter to parents.

Administrators received a report that a student may have a weapon. Administration and Richmond County School System police conducted a search, and a handgun was found and confiscated, parents were told.

The incident was addressed by school district police and the code of student conduct, according to the letter.

High school students started the school year Tuesday.

In other incidents in the past week at local schools:

• The McCormick County School District went on lockdown and canceled all after-school activities Monday due to a threat. Students were released early and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division swept the buildings.
• Parents were told that Grovetown Elementary in Columbia County had some first responders at the school Monday, but instruction wasn’t interrupted.

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