FARGO (KFGO) – Ed Clapp Elementary and Oak Grove Lutheran Elementary Schools in south Fargo were locked down for a short time Thursday after officers responded to a call for a 16-year-old boy possibly with a gun at a bus stop.
According to a spokesman for Fargo Police, the call came in from the 3100 block of 30th Avenue S. shortly after 8 a.m.
While officers were responding, the boy boarded the bus that was carrying students to Davies High School and Discovery Middle School.
The officers went into the bus and all students except the one suspected of carrying the weapon were removed. The officers found an unloaded BB gun in the boy’s backpack and arrested him for terrorizing and carrying a concealed weapon.
Davies High School principal Troy Cody says there were no BBs in the backpack. He says after the boy was taken into custody, the other students re-boarded, and the bus continued on its route.
The following emails were sent to parents this morning:
Ed Clapp Parents,
This update is to share with you that this morning the police department asked that our building go into lockdown as they were seeking an individual in the general vicinity of our school. During this time, our building continued our normal operations within the classrooms, but no one was allowed to go outside and all entrances were carefully monitored. This was done out of an abundance of caution and at the direction of the police department.
The police were able to quickly locate the individual they were seeking and our building resumed all normal operations by 8:21 am.
I wish to thank our students and staff for their quick attention to the directions they were given. As always, school safety is of the utmost concern. We appreciate the police department immediately bringing this concern to our attention so we could ensure safety of our students and staff today.
Thank you,
Jennifer Schuldheisz, Principal
Ed Clapp Elementary School
Davies Parents/Discovery Parents,
This message is to alert you to a situation that occurred on Bus Route 96 this morning. The Fargo Police Department was responding to a request for service concerning a student who was believed to have had a weapon. While police were responding to this situation, the student who the police were looking for boarded the bus for school at the 3100 block of 30th Avenue South. A number of police officers boarded the bus to apprehend the student. All other students were removed from the bus except the student who was being sought. The student’s backpack was searched and an unloaded BB gun was found; the student did not have BBs in their backpack. The police took the student into custody and are investigating the situation.
Once the student was removed from the bus and taken into custody, all students were able to reboard the bus and the bus continued on its scheduled route. Students did arrive late to school, but will not be marked as tardy.
We wish to thank the students who were on the bus for their cooperation this morning and following the directions given to them.
The safety of our students, staff and school are of the utmost importance. Please encourage your student that if they ever see or hear something concerning that they contact a trusted adult, administration or our SRO immediately. As always, our goal is to ensure students can learn in a safe environment and we can only do that together as a team.
If your student is in need of assistance in processing this situation, please contact your student’s counselor. Our counselors are informed about this situation and are prepared to meet student needs.
Thank you,
Discovery Principal Amy Herrick & Davies Principal Troy Cody
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