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A 13-year-old Terrebonne Parish student was arrested after authorities found a realistic-looking pellet gun in his book-bag.
City Police Lt. Dana Coleman announced the arrest Friday morning, although the incident, which resulted in a lockdown of Oaklawn Junior High School, occurred Wednesday at noon.
School officials received a report, Coleman said, of a child with a weapon on the campus, and a search was conducted by them and the school resource officer.
The weapon was identified as a .45 caliber pistol replica BB-gun.
The child, who was not identified because he is a juvenile, was taken to the Terrebonne Parish Juvenile Detention Center.
On Aug. 23 a 14-year-old Ellender Memorial High freshman, Cameron Tillman, was shot dead by a Terrebonne Parish deputy, allegedly when the teen answered the door of an abandoned house with a .45 replica in his hand.
Houma Police Chief Todd Duplantis said that in addition to the laws barring possession of BB guns and simulated weapons in schools, children and parents need to be aware of their inherent dangers.
“They are not only dangerous within themselves, they can shoot an eye out, I tell kids that every time I go speak to them in schools, you have all seen the movie Christmas story,” Duplantis said “Yes, they can put your eye out. And they can be mistaken as the real thing and you can end up with a person getting killed.
“BB guns and pellet guns are not toys,” Duplantis said. “They can easily inflict injury if fired. It is no secret here and across the country that law enforcement officers
Law enforcement officials at that time warned parents and children that BB guns can inflict injury, and also can be easily mistaken by a police officer for a real gun.
