Lockdown lifted at Carson Middle School

Carson Middle School had been placed on lock down earlier today while Tucson Police Department officers searched for a student who had what one district official described as a BB gun near campus.

Tucson Police Department reports that a motorist, who was driving near Stella and Pantano roads witnessed a child showing what looked like a gun to other children.

Police searched the school and found a pellet gun in an eighth grade student’s backpack. His parents were called, and the investigation continues.