LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) — Police arrested a 15-year-old J.P. McCaskey student after officers found a handgun in his jacket, the Lancaster City Bureau of Police said.
The student left the school’s campus around 2:15 p.m. on Wednesday after staff asked to search his belongings, police said. Officers found him shortly after at a McDonald’s on North Franklin Street.
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No students, staff or officers were harmed, according to a message sent to parents by Justin Reese, the school’s principal, after the incident. A new state law gives schools 24 hours to notify parents when a weapon is on campus…