CHULA VISTA, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — The Chula Vista Police Department (CVPD) confirmed that a student from Rancho Del Rey Middle School was taken into custody Thursday afternoon after allegedly bringing a gun to campus and hiding it in a bush.
According to CVPD, on Thursday around 10:50 a.m., School Resource Officers from the police department responded to a report that staff at the middle school found an unspent round of ammunition on campus. The school is located on East J Street in Chula Vista.
Officers and staff immediately began investigating the incident.
They interviewed several students and learned that a student had reportedly been seen discarding an object near the school’s fence line. After learning that information, the middle school was placed on Secure Campus status as officers searched the area…