Posted AT 12:46 AM EDT on 18/10/07
B.C. school kept gun incident quiet for days
VANCOUVER — Parents in Surrey, B.C., were shocked to discover yesterday that their children's high school waited five days before notifying them that a 13-year-old boy came to school with a 9 mm handgun and ammunition in his backpack.
Ken Hignell, principal of Johnston Heights Secondary School, notified parents in a one-page letter late Wednesday.
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