Crime & Safety
Update: Boys With Replica Gun Caused Lockdown at Middle School
Yeager Middle School in Douglasville was locked down for an hour Tuesday morning.
Yeager Middle School was on lockdown for a brief period Tuesday morning when a student was seen by another student with what was thought to be a real gun.
The gun was a replica and not real, according to media reports.
The boys had apparently hidden the gun in the ceiling tiles of a bathroom.
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The Douglas County Sentinel was told by a Douglas County School System spokesperson that the school was locked down from 8:50 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
The boys may face charges, according to the AJC.
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