Overview
- Police opened an investigation after a Monday night report that a second grader may have shown a handgun to classmates at Mark G. Hoyle Elementary School.
- Investigators obtained a court warrant and Tuesday afternoon seized five unregistered, unsecured firearms and ammunition from a Swansea home.
- Officers determined no one in the home held a valid Massachusetts Firearms Identification Card, which the state requires to own or possess most guns.
- A K-9 sweep Tuesday night found no weapons or ammunition at the school, and police said there is no active threat to the school community.
- The school and police added safety measures Tuesday morning and will keep an increased police presence on campus Wednesday as the case moves forward.