San Fernando Valley Student Detained For Replica Firearm On Campus

VAN NUYS, CA — Van Nuys High School was briefly placed on lockdown Thursday in response to a report of a student with a gun, which turned out to be replica firearm.

Officers responded to the school around 1 p.m. in response to the report of a weapon on campus, and the school was placed on lockdown.

ABC7 reported from the scene that officers quickly located the student and determined the weapon was a replica.

The student was detained and the lockdown was lifted within two hours, the station reported.

City News Service