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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A Lyman High School student was arrested Friday for having an unloaded gun on campus, according to school officials.<\/p>\n
No specific threats were ever made on campus, the school principal said in an email to parents.<\/p>\n
Around 1:30 p.m., Longwood Police Department school resource officers received a report of a 15-year-old student causing a disturbance with a school employee, according to police.<\/p>\n
During officers’ interaction with the student, he attempted to place a backpack in a different classroom while speaking with officers. The student became disruptive with employees and refused to cooperate with school resource officers and became combative with officers before being taken into custody.<\/p>\n
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Officers searched the backpack and found the unloaded gun inside.<\/p>\n
The student and parents will be questioned further and, in addition to criminal charges, the appropriate level of disciplinary action will follow, according to the email.<\/p>\n
“One of the top priorities of Seminole County Public Schools (SCPS) and all of our staff here at Lake Howell High School is to create a safe, positive and focused learning environment,” the email reads. “The welfare of your child is of primary concern and we take these incidents very seriously.”<\/p>\n
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No further details were immediately available.<\/p>\n
Parents are asked to remind their children that if they ever see or hear of a fellow student with a gun at school, to report it immediately to their teachers or administrators or contact Crimeline at 1 -800-423-8477 (TIPS).<\/p>\n
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