Liberal/Seward County Communication Center received a call at approximately 10:03 a.m., March 1, regarding a juvenile male throwing a gun over a fence across the street from Liberal High School.
Officers of the Liberal Police Department responded to the area where they located a juvenile male and an unloaded firearm. During the investigation, law enforcement officers learned the juvenile male took the firearm from his parents home and was going to show it to his friends at LHS. The juvenile's friends reportedly told him "not to bring the gun to school, because they were on lockdown for a reported school shooting". Authorities said the male stated he was "afraid he would be accused of the school shooting", so he tossed the gun over a fence. This was also reportedly witnessed by a citizen who called police.
An affidavit will be forwarded to the Seward County Attorney seeking charges of possession of a firearm by a juvenile and possession of narcotics.
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