Crime & Safety

Student at a Falls Church Area School in Custody for BB Gun

Fairfax County police seized a BB gun from a student at JEB Stuart High.

Fairfax County police have a teen in custody for possession of a BB gun.

Police were called to JEB Stuart High School Tuesday around 11 a.m. for a report of a gun in the building. After a search, police found a BB gun and took the student in custody.

Mary Shaw, a spokeswoman for Fairfax County Public Schools, said no one was hurt and students were kept in their classrooms while police searched the building.

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