Fear at a school in La Plata: a 13-year-old student put a firearm in her backpack
Educational facilities in the city of La Plata was experiencing tense moments when a 13-year-old student was discovered with a firearm in her backpack. The event occurred in Prince of Peace Evangelical Christian School and investigators are now trying to determine how the gun got to the minor.
According to the portal 0221the incident took place on Monday at an educational institute based in 19th and 60th streets after the school’s principal alerted authorities after finding an empty .38 caliber revolver in the minor’s backpack.
Police arrived at the scene after an emergency call to 911 and, together with the principal, searched the student’s backpack and seized the weapon. The girl was placed in the custody of the director for the purpose of appropriate legal procedures.
In subsequent statements, the school’s principal revealed that the student confessed that a classmate the same age had put the gun in her backpack.
The cause has been assigned Young UFI 2 from La Plataunder criminal prosecution Sabrina Claderwhich ordered the initiation of proceedings for “illegal investigation”. According to the consulted computer system, the revolver was not a legal obstacle.
It is worth recalling that at the beginning of last month in another similar case AND 15 year old teenager took a revolver to school in the city of Buenos Aires Boulognein the match for San Isidro, and caused a stir in the education community in the northern suburbs. A case in which the Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office intervenes has been classified as possession and carrying of a firearm, police sources said.
The incident was recorded after a 911 call alerted to the presence of a weapon at the school. Immediately, agents San Isidro Patrol Headquarters they moved to Institute on May 25which is located on the street Salguero at 1500where the episode occurred.
Upon arrival, the director of the establishment handed them the weapon. It was an old revolver, .32 caliber, with no visible markings and no ammunition.
The parents of the student involved later arrived at the scene, sources said, stressing that there were no injuries. Moreover, they drew attention to it The boy did not threaten any classmate or teacher. “Apparently someone saw her and informed the managers,” they explained the situation that caused concern, stressing that “he would carry her like someone who carries a toy in a backpack without measuring the danger of his act.”
However, this was not the first case of an armed student to be uncovered this year. At the end of March, the school day developed normally School No. 10 “Octavio Pico”belonging to School District #11 and is located in the neighborhood of Buenos Aires Flowersup to a 6 year old boy He told his second-grade classmates that he had a loaded firearm in his backpack.
Faced with this scenario, one of the students told the situation to the teacher on duty, who took the gun and handed it to the principal, preventing what could have been a tragedy. Police sources said at the time that personnel from Neighborhood Police Station 7 A from City police attended, after calling 911.
Faced with this situation, the management team of the elementary school initiated the relevant protocols. Already at the establishment, the agents managed to verify that the boy was carrying a .22 caliber weapon with cartridges in the magazine. “It was a note between colleagues. The girl took it out of her backpack, gave it to the teacher on duty and the man to the principal,” they explained how they found it.
