KALAMAZOO (WKZO) –The students involved in that gun incident at Loy Norrix have been formally charged with carrying a concealed weapon and possession of a weapon in a school zone.
The gun was fired once, accidentally and no one was hit..
Prosecutors will seek to have one of the five tried as an adult at their next hearing on April 1st. They say this particular defendant has a history of criminal behavior and has failed to respond to previous attempts at rehabilitation.
We asked school officials about claims being made by some local media that there was a long delay between the incident and the decision to lock down the school.
Spokesman Alex Lee says at first, they weren’t sure what had actually happened.
The investigators were working off hearsay.
He says it wasn’t reported to them that an empty gun shell and a cracked tile had been found in a bathroom until 11:00, when many students were at lunch. They instituted the lock-down as soon after that as possible.
Everyone agrees on one point, that the gun was not brought to school with the intent to harm anyone, but to show it off.
