Unloaded gun seized from a student outside a Charlotte elementary school, police say
Staff confiscated an unloaded gun from a student outside a Charlotte elementary school on Friday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said.
Another Devonshire Elementary School student reported the gun, “and staff immediately confiscated the weapon,” principal Kristen Hackl said in a message to parents and staff Friday morning.
“Our children are safe in their classrooms and learning is continuing,” Hackl said in the message. The Observer obtained a copy of the message through a request to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools media office.
The gun was seized just before 8 a.m., police posted on the social media site X, the former Twitter. The student hadn’t entered the school building, according to CMPD. Staff gave the gun to police officers who were called to the school. No injuries were reported, police said.
The school is on Barrington Drive in east Charlotte.
Police didn’t release the student’s age or say if the student threatened anyone. Police also didn’t say if they know how the student got the gun. CMPD didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment from the Observer.
