Elementary school student found with weapon in Clayton County (Georgia)

An elementary school student appeared Friday in Clayton County Juvenile Court to answer charges of having a concealed weapon at school.

Clayton County Public Schools Police Chief Clarence Cox said the 9-year-old was found Thursday with a loaded .38 caliber derringer in his bookbag at Pointe South Elementary.

Cox said it is the first such incident of the 2015-16 school year.

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Student arrested after alleged threat to stage school shooting

A Muscogee County high school student was arrested Tuesday morning for allegedly making a threat on social media to stage a school shooting.

The student was apprehended without incident after he arrived by bus at Shaw High School, said principal Michael Barden. Columbus police charged the student with disruption of a public school, said Muscogee County School District communications director Valerie Fuller. The Ledger-Enquirer didn’t obtain any other details about the student.

Barden and Fuller praised the students, staff, parents and other residents who relayed the threat to school officials and police.

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