Students in custody after BB gun found at Volney Rogers

YOUNGSTOWN — Police found a BB gun and took four students into custody this morning at Volney Rogers Discovery School.

William Morvay, director of security for the district, said a student noticed another student with a weapon and notified the principal, who then isolated the student and called police and school security.

When police arrived, they found out after questioning the student that he was part of a group passing the gun around in an attempt to hide it, which led to three other students being taken into custody.

The students are all seventh- or eighth-graders, Morvay said.

The BB gun is a handgun that looks like a Colt semiautomatic pistol.