Student Brings Gun to Providence Middle School, Forcing Lockdown — Latest in Series of Incidents
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Student Brings Gun to Providence Middle School, Forcing Lockdown — Latest in Series of Incidents
It marks the latest in a string of incidents in which junior high schools in the city have been placed on lockdown and the police brought in to investigate.
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About Incident
Shortly before 2 PM on Thursday, police were called to Nathanael Greene Middle School on Chalkstone Avenue to respond to the school being placed on lockdown.
A school administrator told police that several students were congregating in a section of the school that they were not allowed to be in, as there were reportedly repeated problems in that area.
Police said the school principal came over to search the students’ backpacks and found that one contained an unloaded firearm. Two of the students then fled the scene.
Providence police detectives seized the gun and currently investigating.
Latest in Providence
On Wednesday, police responded to Gilbert Stuart Middle School for a report of an assault; a student in possession of a butterfly knife reportedly held it up against another student’s neck in a fight. The suspect was turned over to the Youth Services Bureau and the knife was seized by police.
In another incident this week, a fight at another middle school sent one student to the hospital.
The incident marks the latest in violence and crime at Providence middle schools.
In March, another Providence middle school was placed on lockdown after construction workers’ tools were reportedly stolen.
In January, a fire was reportedly set by juvenile females at another Providence middle school.