Sep. 8—A gun was recovered in connection with an incident at Jackson Middle School last month, marking the sixth firearm Albuquerque Public Schools police officers have recovered this school year.
“An individual drove onto the Jackson Middle School campus to pick up his sibling. He was apparently driving recklessly, and a crossing guard confronted him, at which point the driver allegedly pointed a gun at the crossing guard,” APS spokesperson Martin Salazar wrote in a statement.
According to Salazar, the individual is an APS student enrolled in online learning programs.
“APS police obtained a search warrant, located the vehicle at their home, and found the gun in the glove compartment,” he said. “The driver was arrested and charged with unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon on a school campus, unlawful carrying of a gun by a person under 19 and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.”
The incident happened after classes had been dismissed on Aug. 27.
The six guns are more than a third of all firearms recovered last school year.
On Aug 20, five guns were recovered in separate incidents at Albuquerque and West Mesa high schools — and one off-campus near Del Norte.
Jackson Middle School is located in Northeast Albuquerque, just west of the intersection of Indian School and Juan Tabo.