McCamey News

Gun on Campus in McCamey 4/3/08
Eddie GarciaCBS 7 NewsApril 3, 2008McCamey, Texas - The arrests happened just before noon Thursday.After investigators questioned the teens they found out, one of the boys broke into a house stole the gun.He gave it to the other teen who brought it to school to trade with the third boy.Authorities say all of this was done for a gaming console.Upton County Sheriff Dan Brown said: "Between these three boys we've had 6 felonies committed." The gun was not on campus Thursday but the boys admitted to investigators they did bring it to school twice earlier in the week.Sheriff Brown said: "We don't believe the weapon was going to be used for anything but being traded for something else."The sheriff revealed, that "something" was an X-Box 360.7th Grader Cita Molina said: "I wouldn't have done the same thing for an Xbox 360 but I thought it was stupid."Classmates gave us their insight on one of the boys.8th Grader Johnny Schafer 8th Grader said: "No I'd never think he'd shoot up the school, but bringing a gun to the school is pretty expected."Whether or not it's expected, Sheriff Dan Brown is taking the situation seriously.Sheriff Brown said: "Upton county sheriffs office we have zero tolerance for a weapon being entered into a school."School officials tell us there is no immediate risk to student safety.Darrien Baizen said: "don't feel 100 percent safe, but I don't think he's that dangerous."The sheriff says it's an isolated incident and encourages parents to communicate with their kids, to keep this from happening again.Sheriff Brown said: "We've got a lot of good kids here, sometimes they just use bad judgment."The sheriff said the weapon in question was a twenty-two revolver. They also found brass knuckles in one of the boys’ lockersIn the meantime the three students will remain at the juvenile facility in Tom Green County.Click here to discuss this story.Related Stories:CBS 7 News UPDATE: Gun at McCamey School?

No More Little Dribblers

Little Dribblers has officially ended! Can't say that we're too sad about that.......
Logan hasn't decided if he'll play baseball. His feet are hurting so bad with his warts.
He has a few more visits to the podiatrist.