Bourne schools, police investigate bullet found on school bus

BOURNE — Bourne school officials and police are investigating how a .22-caliber round came to be found on the floor of a school bus Tuesday morning.

School Superintendent Kerri Anne Quinlan-Zhou said in a release that a small group of Bournedale Elementary School students discovered the bullet shortly before 9 a.m.

"A student handed it to the bus driver as the bus pulled into the school, and the driver then reported it to administrators," according to the release. The school district began an immediate investigation with the Bourne Police Department.

The bus transports both middle/high school and Bournedale Elementary students. Middle and high school students had already been dropped off by the bus earlier in the morning.

Video footage reviewed

"School administrators reviewed video footage from the bus and interviewed all students who rode that bus this morning," the release said.

"While the origin of the round has not been determined, no further items were discovered and there was no threat posed to students or staff," the release said. "The Bourne Public Schools takes all incidents like this very seriously and followed its established policies and procedures."

Quinlan-Zhou went on to "praise the students who did the right thing by immediately reporting the round to the bus driver this morning."

School officials said there was no delay in the start of the school day.

This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: Investigation underway after bullet found on school bus in Bourne MA