From the City & Region staff at The Boston Globe
Shotgun shell found at Boston Latin Academy
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March 11, 2008 03:55 PM
By Globe Staff
A live shotgun shell was found today in a men’s bathroom inside Boston Latin Academy, prompting officials to lock students in classrooms for almost two hours while police searched the school.
Students had to leave their backpacks in the hallway so the bags could be searched by the dozen Boston police and school resource officers who came to the school. The search included two ballistic sniffing dogs, police said.
Police did not find any weapons in the search of the school.
The shotgun shell was found in a second-floor bathroom by a student at about 10 a.m. Police originally said a bullet casing had been found and then later described the item as a live shotgun shell.
