East Central ISD responds to pistol incident

East Central Independent School District sent a letter to parents Oct. 1, after an unloaded pistol was found in a student’s backpack earlier in the day. The district advised that East Central High School entered a “hold alert” at 11:33 a.m. that day after receiving a report of a possible weapon on the campus. “Administration and ECPD [East Central Police Department] acted immediately, searched a student, and recovered an unloaded pistol in the backpack,” the district said, adding that no staff or students were threatened. According to the district, the student in possession of the weapon was detained without incident...

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