BRIEFLY SCHOOL SHUTTERED AFTER GUN REPORT.LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. - Sheriff's deputies locked down a Lancaster elementary school elementary school: see school. Wednesday, just before classes were let out for the day, after receiving numerous reports of a man with a gun in the area. After searching nearly a square mile surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. Eastside Elementary School in the 6700 block of East Avenue H, deputies spotted a teen matching the description they had received from witnesses. The teen was questioned and deputies found that he had been walking in the neighborhood carrying a reproduction of a high-powered assault rifle assault rifle Military firearm that is chambered for ammunition of reduced size or propellant charge and has the capacity to switch between semiautomatic and fully automatic fire. . Deputies let school officials know, and relieved parents were able to pick up their children just a few minutes after school was scheduled to be let out. Officials say they are unsure of what action, if any, will be taken against the teen. - Daily News |
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