Crime & Safety
BB Gun Found on Upstate School Bus
A Sevier Middle School student has been suspended after another student texted his mother to call school officials after seeing what he thought was a BB gun on his school bus.
An Upstate middle school student has been suspended and recommended for expulsion after a BB gun was found Monday afternoon on a Greenville County school bus.
According to school officials, a student texted his mother Monday afternoon after he saw what appeared to be a BB gun in possession of another student.
The district contacted the bus driver to pull into Wade Hampton High School's parking log so that a search could be conducted.
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The school's resource officer and administrators met the bus and conducted a search and found a BB gun, school officials said.
The Sevier Middle School student in possession of the BB gun has been suspended and recommended for expulsion, school officials said.
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Investigations by school personnel and law enforcement are ongoing. Parents with students on the bus are being contacted via our automated calling system, according to the school district.
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