Police: Student Brings Loaded Gun to Henrico Middle School; Weapons Detection System Alerts Others

Police say gun detected by scanner is the first for Henrico schools

RICHMOND — Henrico police detained a Fairfield Middle School student Wednesday morning after a loaded gun was found in their backpack.

Update: Police say gun detected by scanner is the first for Henrico schools

Henrico police detained a Fairfield Middle School student Wednesday morning after a loaded gun was found in their backpack.

12-year-old brings loaded gun to Fairfield Middle School, taken into custody

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- A 12-year-old was taken into custody on Wednesday after they brought a loaded gun to Fairfield Middle School in Henrico County. At around 8:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 1, a 12-year-old student walked through a weapons detection system within Fairfield Middle School, which then alerted administrators to a loaded gun found in the student's backpack, according to Henrico Police Chief Eric English. The student was then t…

Police: Student brings loaded gun to Henrico middle school; weapons detection system alerts others

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. A 12-year-old student was charged for attempting to bring a loaded firearm into Fairfield Middle School Wednesday morning.The student, a female according to Crime Insider sources, was detained after she walked through the school's OpenGate weapons detection system.Henrico Police Chief Eric English explained at an unrelated briefing this morning that the firearm was caught by the school's weapon detection system around 8:15 a.…