Prince William County police: Student brought BB gun on bus to school he wasn’t enrolled in

WOODBRIDGE, Va. ( DC News Now ) — Police are investigating a situation where a student who brought a BB gun, got onto a school bus that was headed towards a high school he was not enrolled at.

Officers from the Prince William County Police Department (PWCPD) responded to Forest Park High School on Forest Park Drive, on May 1 just after 8:15 a.m. to investigate reports of a brandishing that had happened on a school bus.

The investigation revealed that a 15-year-old boy got onto a school bus that was headed towards the high school. He was reportedly lifting his shirt to show that he had a weapon in the waistband of his pants, according to PWCPD.

When the bus arrived at the school, the boy and a group of students got off and headed towards a wooded area that was not on school grounds.

Some other students, who were on the bus and saw the boy flashing the weapon, told school employees who then reported it to police.

Officers eventually found the boy. PWCPD said he goes to a different school within the county.

The weapon was determined to be a BB gun and it never entered the high school building, according to PWCPD.

The case was still being investigated.

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