PGPD Student in Custody for Being in Possession of Gun at School

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The Prince George’s County Police Department took a student into custody this morning at Isaac J. Gourdine Middle School in Fort Washington for being in possession of a loaded handgun.

At approximately 8:15 am, the PGPD responded to the school in the 8700 block of Allentown Road for the report of a student with a gun. Officers located the student in a classroom. A non-serialized ghost gun was recovered from his waistband. No one was injured.

The preliminary investigation revealed the 13-year-old student showed the weapon to other students this morning, one of whom reported it.

Charges against the student are pending. The investigation into this incident is ongoing.

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