BEAUMONT, Texas — Two male students were removed from classes at a Port Arthur elementary school Tuesday morning after one brought a BB gun to school.
A fifth grader at Adams Elementary School brought an unloaded BB gun to the campus and gave it to another male classmate who then put it in his backpack according to a statement released by the Port Arthur Independent School District.
Other students reported to a teacher that they had seen the BB gun the statement said.
The teacher immediately removed the two students from class and notified the principal according to the statement.
The students were questioned and then removed from the campus.
The BB gun was given to PAISD Police officers the statement said.
“We thank our students for the bravery they displayed today and we continue to encourage all of our students, if they see or hear anything suspicious, to immediately let a district employee know,” the district said in the statement.
From a Port Arthur ISD news release…
A fifth grade student brought an unloaded bb gun to Adams Elementary School this morning.
He then gave the unloaded bb gun to a classmate who then placed the item in his backpack.
Fellow students reported the sighting of the unloaded bb gun to a teacher who immediately removed the students in question and notified the principal.
After questioning, the unloaded bb gun was confiscated from the backpack of one of the students, given to the district police, and the students were removed from campus.
The safety and security of our students and staff are of the utmost importance.
We thank our students for the bravery they displayed today and we continue to encourage all of our students, if they see or hear anything suspicious, to immediately let a district employee know.
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This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.
