Students caught with real gun, toy guns, knife at 3 local schools

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Students at two Augusta schools were caught with weapons in separate incidents, and students were caught with toy guns at a Columbia County school.

At Glenn Hills High School on Tuesday, administrators learned a student may have had a gun on campus.

Richmond County School System police found the student, and a weapon was discovered, according to a letter to parents.

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The incident will be addressed by school district police and the code of student conduct and discipline, parents were told.

Meanwhile at McBean Elementary School, a student brought a kitchen knife to class and showed it to other students on Wednesday. Another student notified the teacher, who confiscated the item.

The incident was addressed based on the code of student conduct and discipline, parents were told.

At Grovetown High School on Wednesday, two students were caught using toy guns.

The toys were found in the students’ backpacks after administrators learned of a brief disturbance in the 600 hallway of the building before the school day started.

The students are being held accountable according to the code of conduct and have been criminally charged, according to the Columbia County School District.

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