It is that incident we see all too often these days in the news, an Active Shooter in a school, but it is at your kid's school. And it's real. And you have to parent in real time. And it sends shivers through you. And it happened to us at Grant's school. While this ended without anyone being hurt, it is horrible. I can only imagine what is like for those parents in a situation with casualties.
The neighborhood Facebook page probably sent the first alert. Lisa called me and told that there was a lock down at Grant's school and that there was a gun involved. From there it became a minute-by-minute update of bits and pieces of information trying to make a complete picture. The kid is in custody. No one is hurt. The kid fired the gun. Has anyone heard from Grant?
Even though you know he's okay, the time it takes to hear back from him seems like an eternity.
Grant seems to have taken this in stride, the gun went off in another classroom. His friends, however, were in that classroom. Among other 12-year old's they will be minor celebrities for a while. To us, they are victims, even without injuries.
I applaud our town, the school, the district, the mayor's office, and the police for their transparency and willingness to send numerous updates to ease our fears - even after the peaceful resolution of the incident.
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First, all students are safe. Fuquay-Varina Middle is under Code Red lockdown due to a weapon found in a classroom. We have identified the student and confiscated the weapon. The student discharged the weapon at a window. No one was injured. |
From the Wake County Sheriff's Office |
The following information was released by the Wake County Sheriff's Office: At 8:03 AM Fuquay-Varina Police Department received a call for service reference to an incident at Fuquay-Varina Middle School. A Wake County SRO Deputy was already on scene and responded along with Fuquay-Varina Police Department to discover a juvenile had brought a firearm to school and discharged it.
Preliminary investigation reveals that the threat was not directed at any students or staff and there were no injuries. The school was placed on lockdown for a short period of time until students could be safely released to arriving parents.
This appears to be an isolated incident and no further threats are present as it relates to this incident. Wake County Sheriff’s Office is currently still on scene conducting further investigation into this incident in conjunction with Wake County Public School System.
The Wake County Sheriff’s Office will release an additional update as further details become available. Yours, Kris Clark, Principal |
I have my Concealed Carry Permit. Last week I announced to the family that I was going to start carrying my gun more often. My family knows that the reason I will carry a gun is because I will always move to the sound of the gunfire.
Is this what it has come to? Where do we go from here?
December 22, 2022 update from CBS17:
A Willow Spring man was charged with giving a gun to a minor.
Thursday the Wake County Sheriff’s Department charged Seth Lanterman-Schneider with selling or giving a weapon to a minor following the shooting.
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