A child of an employee of the Kitosap County Sheriff’s Office brought a loaded pistol into a backpack to school. The weapon was discovered by school staff while removing another item from a student’s backpack. No direct threats or harms were reported and the weapons were handed over to law enforcement agencies.
When Tim Winter, the director of the South Kitz Up School District, emailed South Kitz Up’s family and staff on Friday afternoon, students “unintentionally” brought their weapons and looked into their backpacks. The staff saw the gun.
According to Winter, the district’s security, security and emergency management officer contacted law enforcement agencies and possessed weapons.
According to an email sent by Mullenix principal Barbara Pixton to his parents and staff, there was no direct threat during the incident. The student’s grade was not specified. He also said that disciplinary action was being taken in cooperation with the student’s family.
The student is a child of an employee of the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office, the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement released Friday night.
“We are not going to identify any employees at this time and will ask the Washington Patrol to investigate,” Sgt said. Ken Dickinson, office spokesperson.
According to a preliminary study, KCSO said in a statement that the parents of the students may have accidentally handed the wrong backpack to the students, and neither the parents nor the children were aware that the pistols were inside.
According to KSCO, the Washington Patrol will be the main investigative body for the case, and once the state patrol investigation is complete, KCSO will begin its own internal investigation of the case.
“No one was harmed or threatened by the incident, but it reminds everyone of the importance of securing household items,” said Pixton.
“Safety is a top priority in the South Kitosap School District. We, who are responsible for educating and keeping our students safe, value family support,” Winter said in an email.
The principal said in an email that he wanted to ensure that parents were informed of recent events, especially in other school communities.
Bremerton’s Armin Jahr Elementary student brought a pistol to school with a backpack and a pistol was fired, after which 8-year-old Amina Kocer-Bowman was shot dead and seriously injured in February 2012, more than 10 years ago. .. Their third grade classroom.
The student had a gun left unsafe by his mother’s boyfriend. In 2014, the Bremerton School District and gun owner Douglas Bauer’s insurance company settled a lawsuit with their family for $ 1.2 million.
About a week ago, a 15-year-old boy was arrested at Kla Hoya Secondary School after a resource officer at Kla Hoya Secondary School found him in the school parking lot with a pistol.
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