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PARENTS IN NEWPORT NEWS
ARE ON EDGE, AFTER
LEARNING: A SIXTH
GRADER BROUGHT A LOADED
GUN TO SCHOOL.
THE BOY WAS ARRESTED- AND
NOW IS AT HOME.
POLICE FOUND THE GUN
AROUND 8:30 THIS MORNING
AT DOZIER MIDDLE
SCHOOL. THE BOY TOLD
OFFICERS HE
BROUGHT THE GUN TO SHOW
OFF TO HIS FRIENDS.
10 ON YOUR SIDE'S LAUREN
COMPTON IS LIVE AT THE
SCHOOL WITH MORE.
SO LAUREN, WHERE DID HE
GET THE GUN ?
NICOLE, POLICE SAY THE
GUN BELONGED TO THE HIS
PARENTS.
PARENTS ARE VERY
SENSITIVE TO GUN IN
SCHOOL IN LIGHT IN WHAT
HAPPEN IN
NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT.
BUT, THEY SAY THEY FEEL
GOOD ABOUT HOW THE SCHOOL
HANDLED
THIS.
SEVERAL PARENTS RUSHED TO
DOZIER MIDDLE SCHOOL WHEN
THEY
RECIEVED A VOICEMAIL FROM
THE PRINCIPAL SAYING A
12-YEAR-OLD BOY
BROUGHT A SEMIAUTOMATIC
HANDGUN TO SCHOOL.
C0011 - 00:06:57 (;09)
DAVID BARBEE, PARENT
-"IT'S A
LITTLE SHOCKING WITH
REGARDS TO THE GUN BEING
IN THE SCHOOL A LOT OF
PARENTS ARE WEARY ABOUT
THIS IN REGARDS TO WHAT
HAPPENED
WITH FRIDAY'S TRAGEDY."
THE BOY TOLD POLICE HE
SHOWED IT TO SOME KIDS
INSIDE THE
BATHROOM. THOSE KIDS
DIDN'T KEEP QUIET ABOUT
IT, AND QUICKLY TOLD
TEACHERS... PARENTS SAY
THEY ARE GLAD THOSE
KIDS DID WHAT THEY WERE
TAUGHT. C0011 - 00:07:49
(:06) DAVID BARBEE,
PARENT - "WE
ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO DO
THAT AS OFTEN AS
POSSIBLE. NOT
ONLY THIS SITUATION WITH
FIREARMS BUT IF SOMEONE
IS BEING BULLIED OR
SOMEBODY IS BEING
THREATENED."
POLICE SEARCHED THE BOY'S
BELONGINGS, AND FOUND THE
GUN
TUCKED IN HIS FOLDER. THE
GUN BELONGED TO THE BOYS
PARENTS-- AND THAT'S WHO
MANY SAY THEY ARE MOST
FUSTRATED WITH
NOW. C0011- 00:08:08
(:07) PARENT- "THE
CONCERN IS WITH REGARDS
TO THE PARENTS WHERE WERE
THEY IN THE SITUATION. IT
SHOULD HAVE BEEN
SAFEGUARDED OUT
OF THE REACH OF THE CHILD
THAT'S THE MAIN CONCERN
THERE."
AS OF RIGHT NOW THE BOY'S
PARENTS ARE NOT FACING
CHARGES.
HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH
TWO FELONIES.
HE IS NOW AT HOME WITH A
ELECTRONIC MONITORING
DEVICE.
COMING UP TONIGHT AT SIX
WE'LL TELL YOU THE EXTRA
SAFETY MEASURES
SOME PARENTS TAKING TO
KEEP THEIR KIDS SAFE.
IN NEWPORT NEWS, LAUREN
COMPTON 10 ON YOUR SIDE