KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One adult faces charges, and a juvenile also could be charged after a gun was confiscated Monday morning in a parking lot near Kearney Junior High School.
Early Monday morning, the Kearney Police Department, Clay County Sheriff and Kearney School District security officer were called to the parking lot outside the junior high on a disturbance.
The Kearney Police School Resource Officer was notified by a staff member from the Kearney School District that a male was seen with a firearm by students in the parking lot.
Within two minutes, Kearney Police Officers and Clay County, Missouri Sheriff Deputies were on scene and took two individuals into custody, according to a Facebook post from the Kearney Police Department.
Police have sent their investigation to the Clay County Prosecuting Attorney's Office and the Clay County District Court Juvenile officer for consideration of charges.
The disturbance prompted Kearney High School, the junior high school, and Southview Elementary School to be placed on a temporary "lock and teach status" while law enforcement responded to the incident.
“School administrators and law enforcement officials confiscated a weapon from a parked vehicle in the lot at the tennis courts on Kearney School District’s South Campus,” the district said in a letter to the community.
The district returned to normal school operations by mid-Monday morning.
“A student in possession of any type of weapon on school property is in violation of our student code of conduct and KSD Board policy,” the district said. “The students involved will be disciplined accordingly.”
The district took the incident as a reminder for parents to have conversations with their children about reporting anything suspicious.
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