Crime & Safety

Police Searching Milton School After Bullet Found In Bathroom

Pierce Middle School is currently in lockdown while officials sweep the campus. Police say there is "no active threat."

MILTON, MA — Police are performing a sweep of the Milton middle school building in which a bullet was found Friday morning by a teacher.

There is currently "no active threat" at Pierce Middle School, the Milton Police Department said in a Facebook post.

An unspent 9mm round was discovered in a bathroom around 10 a.m., police said. The school is on lockdown while local officers work with ballistic K-9s from the Boston Police to thoroughly search the building.

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