Banning High campus locked down after gunman threatened students
Extra police will be on campus today.
From Megan Bagdonas' story about Thursday's incident:
Students who witnessed the incident claimed they could see the butt of a gun underneath the man's shirt, with the barrel poking out below his shorts."It could very well have been a sawed-off shotgun," Lt. Stephen Dodson said.
An announcement made over the school's public address system ordered teachers to lock their doors, close their windows and not let anyone in or out of their classrooms.
Students weren't told why the campus was locked down, so there were a lot of theories. But here's what I think is the scariest part of Megan's story:
Many students said they weren't alarmed by the news that someone was able to get onto campus with a gun."It's not that big of a deal," junior Wayne Smith said. "I hear of people coming to campus with weapons all the time."
Gabby Proa said she was more upset with school officials than about a man with a gun on campus.
"A guy with a gun is nothing new, I mean we live in Wilmington," the senior said. "But when we ask them why we're on lockdown, they just say, `Don't worry about it, we'll handle it.' So if something does happen and we do get shot, we don't even know why."
Here's the link so you can read the whole thing.