2-10-23 nfdl middle school, high school placed in lockdown

Bessie Allen Middle School and Horace Mann High School in North Fond du Lac were placed on lockdown Thursday morning after police learned a middle school student had brought a gun to school earlier in the week.   North Fond du Lac Police Chief Darren Pautsch told WFDL news that police learned about the incident Thursday and the school resource officer talked with a 13 year  old male Bessie Allen Middle School student who claims he found the gun.  Pautsch says the boy admitted to bringing the gun to school  in his backpack Tuesday and Wednesday and  later showing it to a friend while walking home from school.  The gun was later found in the boy’s bedroom.  Pautsch says the boy’s mother told investigators the gun does not belong to her son or any other family member.   Pautsch says police have received no reports that any threats were made with the weapon.  Pautsch says police are continuing their investigation.