Student Who Took Loaded Gun to Branson Junior High in Custody

A loaded gun was found in the locker of a Branson Junior High student on Monday.

A statement from the Branson Public Schools Superintendent Brad Swofford said that administrators received a tip that a student had a gun at the school and immediately enacted safety protocols. Along with school police officers, administrators found a loaded gun in a student’s locker and confiscated it.

They removed the student from the classroom and the student was taken into police custody. No students or staff were harmed, according to the statement.

(Story by Emilee Kuschel, Ozarks First)