Ferndale students had lookalike guns at high school: police

Top story tonight, four students arrested and three fake handguns recovered. This after a lockdown at Ferndale High School and Middle School. And we have a lot going on with this story. Fox 2's Scott Wolchek has his hands on the pulse. He's live in Ferndale. Scott, the guns might not have been real, but the consequences, well, they really are, aren't they? Yes, they are, Rob. And you know what? Three of those students are going to be spending the night at Children's Village. I have a hearing on Thursday the fourth student was released to their parent but they were arrested in this and obviously they're going to face some punishment from the school some type of discipline but they could be facing some actual charges coming up here because it's still a crime to bring a fake gun and you're looking at those guns these students were accused of bringing to school this morning very very realistic replica handguns and police say there was a video and some photos going around on social media after an incident last night involving another student where police believe maybe these kids may have brought these guns to school today to intimidate that student were got out this morning police were called school went under lockdown around 9 40 and after a pretty swift lockdown where the alleged students were removed uh Things basically went back to normal at the school, but still a pretty scary thing. Take a listen to the superintendent as well as the chief. It's important to know that these weren't real firearms, that they were very, very accurate replica firearms, which is scary. And they could easily be misinterpreted for a real firearm, which is dangerous. It's scary. Thank you very much. You know, there really is no real good reason to possess one of these, especially on a school. campus where it is a crime to do so. What would you say to parents or I guess students who are worried after this happened? That I understand and that their safety is my top priority and that we are still a Ferndale community and Ferndale family and we are here for them. We want to provide the supports if there are some concerns post this incident and we will get through this together. And providing support is exactly what this district is doing. They've got counselors and advisors on site throughout this week that kids and teachers can talk to who may still be unsettled by this incident. Once again, Rup, these were fake guns. No true threat, but very, very scary stuff that you can't joke around with these days. For now, I'm live in Ferndale. I'll send it back to you. Yeah, Scott, you and I have both covered in years past, you know, kids bringing in toy guns. That's one thing. These look, as you say, exactly like real guns. Talk about where they could have gotten something like this. You know, that's something that is interesting, Rup. We don't exactly know where they got these types of guns. Or... How they got them through the school, you know, I kind of asked the superintendent, she said, well, we can't really speculate on that. We're still trying to figure some of this stuff out. So it is unsettling that these teens, we don't exactly know their ages because they are under age, could have access to something like this, especially because you saw those photos. Those things look pretty realistic. Yeah, they sure do a real scare out there. Scott Wolchek for us live tonight. Scott, thank you.