Gun found on student at Jimtown Junior High School

By: Maura Johnson

Posted: Feb 9, 2024 12:42 PM EDT | Updated: Feb 9, 2024 6:53 PM EDT

NOW: Gun found on student at Jimtown Junior High School

ELKHART COUNTY, Ind. - A student has been taken to the Elkhart County Juvenile Detention Center after investigators found a gun on them at Jimtown Junior High School Friday morning.

The school went into lockdown at 11:27 a.m. after administrators learned a student may have had a gun at school.

The student was detained and the weapon was confiscated by school resource officers.

The lockdown was lifted at 11:45 a.m.

Contributions to this story also made by: Dante Stanton