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THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT
HAPPENED TODAY AT DOZIER
MIDDLE SCHOOL IN
NEWPORT NEWS. POLICE SAY
A SIXTH GRADER BROUGHT A
LOADED GUN TO SCHOOL.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S LAUREN
COMPTON IS LIVE THERE
NOW.
LAUREN, HOW DID PARENTS
LEARN ABOUT IT?
NICOLE, PARENTS WERE
NOTIFIED BY A VOICEMAIL
FROM THE PRINCIPAL.
SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY THEY
ALSO NOTIFIED STUDENTS
OVER THE INTERCOM
SYSTEM. PARENTS SAY THIS
IS HAPPENING WAY
TOO MUCH-- AND SOMETHING
NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT
IT..
C0008 - 00:02:40 (:08)
WALKER, PARENT - "I WAS
WATCHING THE NEWS, AND
MY HUSBAND CALLED
AND SAID THE SCHOOL
CALLED AND LET HIM KNOW
THAT THERE WAS A
CHILD THAT HAD A GUN."
POLICE SAY A 12-YEAR-OLD
BOY
BROUGHT THE LOADED SEMI-
AUTOMATIC HANDGUN TO SHOW
OFF TO HIS FRIENDS AT
DOZIER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
WITH THE SHOOTING
MASSACRE IN SANDY HOOK IS
FRESH ON EVERYONE'S MIND
--
PARENT LASHANDA WALKER
PANICKED. C00008 -
00:08:22 (:13)
LASHANDA WALKER - "I JUST
STARTED CRYING AND I'M
TRYING NOT TO CRY
NOW BUT I TOLD MY HUSBAND
I NEED TO GO GET MY SON .
I WOULD RATHER GO
GET HIM AND NOTHINGS
GOING ON AND TO NOT GET
HIM AND A TRAGEDY
HAPPEN." THE KIDS WHO
SAW THE BOY SHOW OFF
THE HANDGUN TOLD
TEACHERS. POLICE
SEARCHED THE BOYS
BELONGINGS AND FOUND THE
GUN IN THE SLEVE OF HIS
NOTEBOOK.
SEVERAL PARENTS LIKE
WALKER PICKED UP THEIR
KIDS EARLY AFTER HEARING
ABOUT THE GUN. SHE SAYS
HER SON WON'T BACK
TOMORROW EITHER. C00008 -
00:05:28 (:09)
WALKER - IT MAY BE
IT'S ONLY A HALF A DAY I
DON'T
FEEL SAFE BRINGING HIM
BACK TOMORROW BECAUSE OF
THAT
SITUATION." THIS IS THE
THIRD GUN FOUND ON
SCHOOL PROPERTY IN A
HAMPTON ROADS SCHOOL THIS
WEEK.
PARENTS SAY ITS A SIGN
SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE
DONE TO BETTER PROTECT
THEIR KIDS AT SCHOOL.
C0008 - 00:03:52 (13)
WALKER -"I THINK THERE'S
GOING TO
HAVE BE SOMETHING BETTER
INSTILLED LIKE METAL
DETECTORS
AT THE FRONT DOORS TO
MONIOR THESE THINGS
BECAUSE IF A CHILD
CAN BRING A GUN INTO THE
SCHOOL THAT MEANS ANYBODY
CAN
COME WITH THE SAME
THING."
THE BOY IS NOW AT HOME
WITH AN ELECTRONIC
MONITORING DEVICE.
HE IS FACING TWO
FELONIES, AND OF
EXPLUSION.
IN NEWPORT NEWS, LAUREN
COMPTON 10 ON YOUR SIDE