Police are seeking a Denver Justice High School student who brought a loaded weapon to school on Monday and then fled after administrators confronted him.
After a routine inspection found bullets in the student’s locker, administrators brought the student to the office and discovered the handgun in his backpack, Jones said. The boy quickly left the building, before police and DPS security personnel arrived on scene.
After administrators found bullets in the boy’s locker, during a routine check, they brought the student to the office and that’s when they discovered the gun in his backpack, said Will Jones, a Denver Public Schools spokesman. The boy quickly left the building, before police and DPS security personnel arrived on scene.
The student quickly left the building at 300 9th Ave., leaving the backpack and gun behind, Jones said.
“So as a precaution they put the school on lockout while police and our department of safety went to find this young man,”he said.
The lockout, which requires doors to be locked so no one can enter, began at 1:55 p.m. and it ended at about 3 p.m., Jones said.
No one was injured or threatened in the incident.
The “second chance” school’s mission is to provide a college preparatory education. It serves students who have been chronically truant, or otherwise unsuccessful in a traditional school setting. The school also enrolls students who’ve been involved in the criminal justice system.
As of 5 p.m. the student had not yet been contacted by officers or taken into custody, Denver police said.