AR-15 brought to basketball game; Parents wonder: Why not metal detectors?
AT YOUR WEEKEND TO SEE IF
SUNDAY WILL BE SALVAGEABLE.
ALL RIGHT, MIKE, THANK YOU.
>> IN JUST THE PAST, 24 HOURS,
THE CHILD WAS FOUND WITH A GUN
AT 2 HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES
TODAY. JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL IN
DURHAM. AND THEN YESTERDAY
MILLBROOK HIGH SCHOOL IN
RALEIGH IN AN INSTANCE THAT
IT WAS A LOADED SEMI AUTOMATIC
RIFLE BROUGHT TO SCHOOL WRAL'S.
ADAM OWENS HAS REACTION FROM
THE MILLBROOK PARENTS IN A
MINUTE. FIRST, LET'S GO AHEAD
AND GO TO MARK BOYLE IN THE
WRAL LIVE CENTER WITH WHAT
WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT THIS NEW
CASE AT A DURHAM MARK. DEBORAH,
THE SITUATION, A JORDAN HIGH
SCHOOL STILL ACTIVE HERE THIS
EVENING. THESE ARE LIVE
PICTURES COMING IN OUTSIDE THE
SCHOOL. YOU CAN SEE
>> THE DURHAM COUNTY SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT ON SCENE RIGHT NOW.
AND THIS INVESTIGATION IS
ONGOING ON YOUR SCREEN. THIS
IS THE NEW INFORMATION WE HAVE
RIGHT NOW. IT'S 601. A LOCKDOWN
WAS ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON
AROUND 3.30, DEPUTIES ARE
QUESTIONING A 14 YEAR-OLD
STUDENT. THE SCHOOL RESOURCE
OFFICER WAS GIVEN A TIP ABOUT
THE FIREARM. THAT'S HOW THIS
ALL UNFOLDED. AND IT'S UNCLEAR
EXACTLY THE MOTIVE FOR BRINGING
THIS WEAPON TO CAMPUS AND THE
CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING IT.
SINCE WE MENTIONED STILL A
PRESENCE OUT THERE WITH
DEPUTIES ON SCENE AND WE'LL
KEEP YOU UP TO DATE AS NEW
INFORMATION COMES IN ON THIS
FROM INVESTIGATORS OR THE
PRINCIPAL LATER THIS EVENING.
BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT, MARK,
THANK YOU. NEW STRONGER
SECURITY MEASURES WILL BE IN
PLACE DURING TOMORROW'S
BASKETBALL GAME AT MILLBROOK
HIGH SCHOOL IN RALEIGH. THIS IS
THE SCENE LAST NIGHT AFTER A
JUVENILE WAS FOUND WITH A
LOADED AR 15.
>> AT THE GAME, THE JUVENILE
WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WITH
NO REPORTS OF INJURIES. BUT
PARENTS WANT TO KNOW HOW THIS
COULD HAVE HAPPENED. SOME OF
THEM TALKED WITH WRAL'S ADAM
OWENS WHO JOINS US LIVE FROM
MILLBROOK ADAM.
>> IT GERALD AND AS WE'VE
RECENTLY LEARNED AGAIN, THAT
WAS A LOADED AR 15 RIFLE THAT
WAS AT LAST NIGHT'S HIGH SCHOOL
BASKETBALL GAME. POLICE ARE
TELLING US THAT. BUT NOT AT THE
MOMENT TELLING US HOW THAT
RIFLE MADE ITS WAY INSIDE THAT
GAME. THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF
PARENTS WANT TO KNOW. WE DO
KNOW MOVING FORWARD, CLEAR BAGS
WILL NOT WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED
AT THESE GAMES. NO UNCLEAR BAGS
AND ALL COATS MUST BE UNZIPPED.
>> WHILE ALL EYES WERE ON THE
BASKETBALL COURT, OFFICERS WERE
SEARCHING THE CROWD. THIS IS
SOME OF THE RADIO TRAFFIC FROM
BROADCASTIFY DO WITHOUT THE
PAIN OVER HERE.
>> MILLBROOK HIGH SCHOOL
>> THEY SAY THEY FOUND SOMEONE
AT MILLBROOK HIGH SCHOOL WITH
AN AR 15 RIFLE.
>> TOO HIGH THAT LARGE. YOU
KNOW, TYPE OF RIFLE AND WALKED
INTO A GAME LIKE ATKINS WAS
IN THE CROWD AT THE GAME OR SON
IS ON THE HILLSIDE. HIGH TEAM
PLAYING AGAINST MILLBROOK.
>> AS THE KID WHO HAD THE GUN
WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, SHE
SAYS SPECTATORS WERE TOLD
NOTHING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL
DANGER. WE WERE NOT GIVEN ANY
SORT OF INFORMATION, REAL-TIME
AS TO WHAT TYPE OF POSITION
WE WERE PLACED IN WHEN PARENTS
DID LEARN WHAT HAPPENED.
THEY WANTED TO KNOW HOW IT
COULD HAVE HAPPENED
>> THERE'S A PROBLEM THAT KID
GOT INTO A BASKETBALL EVENT
WITH AN AR 15. HOW DO YOU DO
THAT? IT'S NOT A HANDGUN THAT
HE HAD BEEN HIT. IT'S AN AR
15 SO WE NEED METAL DETECTORS.
>> I DON'T SEE WHY WE DON'T
HAVE THEM. WRAL TALKED WITH
CONNOR HEALY WITH A SECURITY
TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP.
HE SAYS METAL DETECTORS WOULD
NOT DO MUCH TO STOP SOMETHING
LIKE A MASS SHOOTING WITH THE
RIFLE. SO THAT'S THE CASE FROM
>> FOR METAL DETECTORS IN
SCHOOLS IS THAT THEY WILL
PREVENT STUDENTS FROM
CONCEALING A SMALLER WEAPON.
MILLWORK AS ANOTHER GAME
SATURDAY AGAINST JORDAN HIGH.
THIS TIME THERE WILL BE
ENHANCED SECURITY.
>> THAT INCLUDES MORE LAW
ENFORCEMENT. ONLY CLEAR BAGS
ALLOWED. NO BACKPACKS PERMITTED
IN THE GYM AND JACKETS AND
COATS MUST BE FULLY AN SET TO
GET IT.
>> AND POLICE TELL US THEY HAVE
BEEN GRANTED A JUVENILE
PETITION AGAINST THAT KID THAT
HAD THE GUN. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
LEARNING AT THIS MOMENT.
AGAIN, A BIG SECURITY, NEW
SECURITY AND ENHANCED SECURITY
WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT THE
GAMES SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW.
BACK TO ADAM OWENS LIVE IN
RALEIGH. THANK YOU, ADAM.
>> THERE WERE 2 MORE SCARES.
A LOCAL SCHOOLS TODAY,
SOUTHEAST RALEIGH, HIGH SCHOOL
WENT INTO A CODE RED LOCKDOWN
AROUND 12, 30 THIS AFTERNOON
BECAUSE OF A REPORT OF A
STUDENT ON CAMPUS WITH A
FIREARM. AUTHORITIES IDENTIFIED
THE STUDENT IN QUESTION AND
THEY FOUND NO GUN. THE LOCKDOWN
WAS LIFTED 15 MINUTES LATER
AND THERE WAS A THREAT MADE ON
SNAPCHAT TARGETING
FUQUAY-VARINA HIGH SCHOOL.
THE SECOND ONE THIS WEEK SCHOOL