Akins High School locked down after student found with magazine, ammunition, chief says

Officials placed Akins High School on lockdown Wednesday after receiving a report that three students in a bathroom might have a handgun, the Austin school district police chief said.

Officers did not find a handgun but did find one student with two magazines, one of which had ammunition, Chief Ashley Gonzalez said. No one fired shots, and no one was injured at the school.

The school is no longer in lockdown and is now in "hold" mode, which means students and staff must remain where they are but can continue business as usual.

Administrators got the initial report shortly before 10 a.m. and placed the school in lockdown. Officers determined the identity of the three students who were seen in the bathroom, pulled them out of different classrooms and found the magazines on one of the students, Gonzalez said.

"It was a lengthy investigation because we want to make sure the students are safe," Gonzalez said. "That is our number one priority here at Austin ISD."

Officials shifted from a lockdown to a hold around 12:30 p.m.

Gonzalez did not say exactly what would happen to the students involved, citing the ongoing investigation. They were not taken into custody, but "they won't be returning to campus tomorrow," he said.

"We're confident that the three individuals that were involved have been isolated," he said. "They've been checked for weapons, and they were not in possession of weapons."

Additional officers will be at Akins High School tomorrow, he said.

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