RALEIGH COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Authorities responded to a Raleigh County Elementary School after a student had been seen with a firearm.
Raleigh County Sheriff J. C. Canaday says earlier today, Raleigh County Deputies and State Police responded to Ridgeview Elementary School on a report that a student had been seen with a firearm. Law enforcement officers investigated the situation and seized a realistic-looking bb gun from the student in question.
No actual firearms are believed to have been on campus.
Raleigh County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Division is handling the investigation.
The school system and the RCSO are taking appropriate enforcement action.