Posted: Thursday, 01 October 2009 9:07AM

Newark Memorial High School put on lockdown for gun search



    NEWARK -- Newark Memorial High School was put on lockdown yesterday, after police arrested a 16-year-old boy carrying a loaded handgun near the campus.

    Officers searched the school as a precaution, but said they didn't find any evidence to suggest the teenager intended to shoot anyone at the school.

    Nervous parents were forced to wait for several hours as police conducted a room-by-room search.

    Students were released one-by-one around 2 p.m.

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