School lockdown stemmed from student’s airsoft pistol

By Randy Wyrick

EDWARDS — Schools in the Edwards area were locked down for about an hour Friday morning when a student brought what turned out to be an airsoft pistol — which shoots plastic BBs using a spring mechanism — into a high school building.Local law enforcement responded to a call Friday morning when a citizen saw a girl moving what appeared to be a firearm into her backpack and then head into the Battle Mountain High School building.Authorities weren’t immediately certain which school she had entered, or if she had entered one at all, said a letter sent home to parents. …

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