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Guns and MS-13 Inside Loudoun County Public School System

00:00:05 >>> A STUDENT WHO ALLEGEDLY HAS TIES TO IS ATTENDING A HIGH . AND ACCORDING TO SOURCES THE STUDENT WAS ARRESTED LAST YEAR AFTER THREATENING TO KILL A FELLOW STUDENT AND WAS CAUGHT CARRYING A LOADED GUN. 7NEWS REPORTER NICK MINOCK IS PRESSING LOUDOUN COUNTY PUBLIC AND MEMBERS FOR ANSWERS ONLY ON 7.

>> Reporter: A STUDENT WHO WAS CAUGHT CARRYING A GUN IN MAY, 2023, ALLEGEDLY THREATENING TO KILL A RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT IS NOW ATTENDING

00:00:41 LOUDOUN VALLEY ACCORDING TO PARENTS WHO ARE ALARMED ABOUT THE SITUATION. ACCORDING TO SOURCES, THE STUDENT IS ALLEGEDLY CONNECTED TO THE MS-13 GANG , AND THE STUDENT IS IN THE U.S. ILLEGALLY. 7NEWS EMAILED LOUDOUN COUNTY QUESTIONING WHAT IS LCPS DOING TO MAKE SURE LCPS STUDENTS REMAIN SAFE, AND WHY DID LCPS ALLOW THE STUDENT TO REMAIN IN SCHOOL AFTER CAUGHT WITH A GUN AND THREATENING TO KILL A STUDENT? IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOW — CREATED A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY AND SECURITY PLAN TO

00:01:30 PROTECT STUDENTS, STAFF, AND VISITORS. THIS PLAN IS EQUIPPED WITH MULTIPLE LAYERS OF REDUNDANCIES, SOME VISIBLE, SOME NOT, TO ENSURE A SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE. AND “IT IS ALSO LCPS PRACTICE NOT TO OPENLY DISCUSS AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT’S DISCIPLINE.” I ASKED MEMBERS ON MONDAY, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THIS STUDENT ATTENDING THIS YEAR, WHO PREVIOUSLY THREATENED TO KILL A FELLOW STUDENT AND WAS ARRESTED FOR CARRYING A GUN? THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DIDN’T RESPOND TO 7NEWS’S QUESTIONS. I ASKED

00:02:08 CHAPMAN ABOUT THE SITUATION.

>> I AM AWARE OF YOUR CONCERN, WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN WITH OUR WE HAVE TO MONITOR WHAT’S GOING ON TO WORK WITHIN THE SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY THAT NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS KNOWS ABOUT IT, AND THAT WE ARE KEEPING A GOOD TRACK ON THIS.

>> DOES IT CONCERN HIM A LCPS STUDENT HAS TIES TO MS-13?

>> IT DOES CONCERN ME, ANYONE WITH TIES TO A THREAT CONCERNS US, AND WE LOOK INTO THOSE THINGS CAREFULLY. BUT, WE HAVE GOT TO DO IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SCHOOLS AND IN

00:02:42 CONJUNCTION WITH THE PARENTS. AS FAR AS A PARTICULAR THREAT OR PERSON I CAN’T REALLY GO INTO THAT, BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE JUVENILES, SO WE ARE LIMITED AS TO WHAT WE CAN SAY.

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