Columbus police take MCSD student into custody after unloaded gun found in locker

An unloaded gun was found Thursday in a student’s locker at Rothschild Leadership Academy, the Muscogee County School District announced.

MCSD received the report at 3 p.m., according to the news release emailed from superintendent David Lewis’ office at 4:26 p.m.

“The student has been taken into custody by the Columbus Police Department,” the news release says. “No other information is available at this time.”

Rothschild is a middle school in southeast Columbus for grades 6-8.

The Ledger-Enquirer asked Lewis who reported the gun and to whom. MCSD emailed an update to the news release, which says, “The report of a gun on campus was made by students to the administration.”

This story was originally published November 16, 2017 at 4:51 PM with the headline "Columbus police take MCSD student into custody after unloaded gun found in locker."