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Lockdown at Brooklyn school after student reports gun

STAFF WRITER
2:23 PM EDT, March 27, 2008

A Brooklyn school has been locked down because of a report that a student had a gun. No injuries were reported.

Department of Education spokeswoman Margie Feinberg says police were called to John Dewey High School after a teacher saw a student drop a gun in a classroom.

The student ran out of the classroom, and the lockdown was ordered around 12:30 p.m.

Police were at the school investigating, but said no suspects had been found. They weren't sure if the lockdown would continue past the end of the school day.

The high school's Web site says it has about 3,100 students.

According to news reports, there have been at least two instances in the past two years where students had guns at the school, but no injuries were reported in those cases.

Related topic galleries: Police Investigations, Police, Schools, John Dewey

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