YARMOUTH – On Friday morning, as school began and students made their way to their classrooms at the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School in South Yarmouth, officials were alerted to a report of a student flashing a gun in the school cafeteria. The school’s lockdown plan was immediately put into place and multiple police units responded. Officials conducted a search of the school in an attempt to locate the student. Within minutes, the student was located and detained by School Resource Officers while they investigated.
Police determined the item was a toy “gel blaster” and the student had pulled it from his bag and began shooting gel at other students. Following the investigation, the lockdown was lifted.
There were no injuries reported and there was never any threat to public safety. Police and school officials are continuing to investigate the incident.
Media release and photo by Yarmouth Police
