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Plastic gun recovered, 1 in custody after Upper Darby High School lockdown

Published  November 1, 2018 5:10pm EDT
U.S.
FOX 29 Philadelphia

UPPER DARBY, Pa.(WTXF) - Upper Darby High School was placed in a lockdown early Thursday morning after a report of a gun on campus.

Upper Darby police said later in the morning they had a subject in custody and the gun recovered was a plastic gun.

The school district announced the school was on lockdown around 8:30 a.m. Thursday. The lockdown has since been lifted.

According to the school's website, police responded to the school after a report of a gun on campus. Visitors were asked to avoid the school during the investigation.

Sources tell FOX 29's Steve Keeley a student had brought the pellet gun to school and was taking it out of a bag to give to a friend when it fell onto the floor. Other students saw the gun and reported it to school officials.