Pellet gun found in the bushes Tuesday outside a Port Royal school, police say
Lowcountry Montessori School was placed on a modified lockdown Tuesday morning after a staff member found an air pellet gun in the bushes near the school’s car rider line, according to a police report.
Port Royal Police Department responded to the call around 10 a.m. Tuesday to retrieve the firearm, a .357 revolver with a CO2 cartridge holder.
Johnathan Albright, an English teacher at the school, found the pellet gun. He took his class inside and then notified the school’s administration, according to the report.
The school was put into a modified lockdown, which means the school day continued as normal, but class changes were halted and all students were brought inside.
Officers “searched students and their belongings” for any additional weapons or pellets and did not find any, per the report.
Major Ron Wekenmann with Port Royal Police Department called the event a “non-incident” on Wednesday. He added that this is the only call for service the department has received to Lowcountry Montessori this school year.
