No charges laid after pellet gun found outside Windsor, N.S., high school

Nova Scotia RCMP say no criminal charges have been laidagainst fouryoung people afteran Airsoft pellet gun was found at Avon View High School in Windsor, N.S., on Monday.

RCMPsaidthe school was placed in a hold and secure just before noon on Mondayafter police received reports of a firearm being spotted.

RCMP spokespersonCpl. Guillaume Tremblaysaid one report was that a firearm was seen being taken from the back of a vehicle and placed in the front, and the other report was that someone took the firearm into the school.Tremblay said weapon was not taken into the school.

Officers located the pellet gun in a vehicle outside the school. The gun does not meet the definition of a firearm under the Criminal Code.

All four youths were interviewed by investigators and later released without charge,butTremblaydid not say whether they are students at the school.

The hold and secure was lifted after all four young people were located, RCMP said.

Police saidthey did not receive any reports of the weapon being fired or anyone being injured.

Avon View High School serves students in grades 9 to 12.