What could have ended in tragedy when a student brought two guns into a Utah school Thursday morning was averted thanks to the teen’s parents who realized something wasn’t quite right and acted on their instincts.
According to a press release from the Bountiful Police Department, just after 8 a.m., a 15-year-old boy, whose name was not released, entered Mueller Park Jr. High School in Bountiful, just north of Salt Lake City. The teen was wearing a long black trench coat and carrying two guns – a 9mm handgun and a 12-gauge shotgun – and walked into a classroom, which was occupied by 26 students and a teacher at the time, and fired a single shot into the ceiling, leaving a hole the size of a small plate. Witnesses said the teen briefly pointed the gun at himself but never pointed it at any of the students or staff.
