
A weapon was discovered in a student’s bag at Lexington’s Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School Friday morning. Fayette County Public Schools Police took immediate possession without incident and took the 17-year-old male student into custody. Schools Police Chief Martin Shafer said there’s nothing to indicate the student planned to use the gun at school.
“There’s no indicators or any evidence discovered that there was an intent or that the firearm was to be used on this campus or any other campus in Fayette County,” said Shafer.