City Of Spokane: 12-Year-Old Willard Elementary Student With Firearm Arrested

Press release from the City of Spokane:

2022-03-10

On 03-09-22 around 11am, school officials received information a student at Willard Elementary was in possession of a firearm at the school. Staff subsequently discovered a loaded revolver in the 12-year-old’s backpack.

SPD responded, and the student was transported to juvenile detention for the charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of dangerous weapons on school grounds.

At this point it does not appear any students were threatened with the firearm, nor is there a definitive motive for the student’s conduct.

Under the possession of dangerous weapons on school facilities statute (RCW 9.41.280) a person arrested for bringing a firearm onto school grounds cannot be released within seventy-two hours unless they have been evaluated by a designated crisis responder (courts are granted exceptions under certain circumstances).

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For general police email contact:
eraspdweb@spokanepolice.org

For nuisance reports, including code violations (i.e. illegal camping, substantial litter in yards or alleys, graffiti, land use violations), parking complaints, and road condition issues contact:

Officer Steve Anderson
509.951.3024
swanderson@spokanepolice.org

This press release was produced by the City of Spokane. The views expressed here are the author’s own.