Washington CeaseFire

• Incident Date: June 2, 2009
• Fatalities: 0
• Injuries: 0
• Address: 102101 West Foisy Road
• City: Prosser
• State: Washington
• Zip Code: 99350

Paula Horton. Tri - City Herald. Pasco, Wash.: Jun 3, 2009. pg. B.3

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An elementary school near Prosser was briefly locked down Tuesday morning after officials learned a student had brought a gun to school, authorities said.

A 5-year-old special needs kindergartner at Whitstran Elementary had an unloaded .22-caliber handgun in his backpack, said Benton County sheriff's Lt. Joe Lusignan.

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• Incident Date: May 12, 2009
• Fatalities: 0
• Injuries: 0
• Address: 300 W. Main St.
• City: Battle Ground
• State: Washington
• Zip Code: 98604

The Columbian. Columbian. Vancouver, Wash.: May 16, 2009. pg. C.3

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A former Battle Ground High School student pleaded not guilty Friday to charges he brought a stolen, loaded pistol to school.

Samuel A. McMullen, who was arrested May 12 and has since been expelled, remains in custody at the Clark County Juvenile Justice Center.

Trial was set for June 10 in Clark County Juvenile Court, said Senior Deputy Prosecutor Rick Olson.

Olson said hes not going to seek to have McMullen, 17, remanded to adult court.

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• Incident Date: December 2, 2008
• Fatalities: 0
• Injuries: 0
• Address: 22201 38th Avenue East
• City: Spanaway
• State: Washington
• Zip Code: 98387

STACEY MULICK, staceymulick@thenewstribunecom. The News Tribune. Tacoma, Wash.: Dec 5, 2008. pg. B.2

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Pierce County sheriff's deputies have arrested three teenage boys suspected of having two loaded handguns Tuesday at Bethel Junior High School.

No one was injured by the guns and investigators do not believe the boys - two 14-year-olds and a 15-year-old - had a "sinister plot," sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said Thursday.

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