Bag of bullets found in South Boston High School

By Globe Staff

A plastic bag containing 10 bullets was found today inside South Boston High School, prompting officials to lock down the facility while police searched the building.

A school police officer on routine patrol found the small bag at 9:45 a.m. on the lower floor of the building, which houses three separate high schools. Police are dusting the bag for fingerprints, according to Elaine Driscoll, a Boston police spokeswoman.

"There are no indications of any danger to any students or staff as a result of the activity today," Jonathan Palumbo, a Boston Public Schools spokesman, said in a statement. "We placed the school in containment mode and conducted a sweep of the building to ensure there were no other issues. The sweep resulted in an all clear and the school was taken out of containment mode."

School officials said they sent a message home to parents to tell them what happened.

School officials said they sent a message home to parents to tell them what happened.

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