Following Monday’s arrest of one Walton Middle School student in connection with a pistol seized from a locker on February 1, a second boy was charged on Tuesday, according to Albemarle County police. Both students are under 14, and so police are especially tight-lipped about what particular charges have been brought. Details about the weapon, too, are scant: “We still have witnesses to speak to and we don’t want to release any specific information about the weapon,” says Lt. Todd Hopwood, a county police spokesman. In a letter to parents dated Monday, principal Betsy Agee explained that on Friday, one student had brought the pistol onto school property, then passed it off to another. School officials were notified about the gun that evening; they in turn called police, who investigated and discovered the weapon.
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