Parents welcome students back to Plymouth Middle School
Posters and signs with encouraging messages were on display outside the school Thursday after a student fired a gun in the building on April 26. Author: Diane Sandberg (KARE11) Updated: 9:12 AM CDT April 29, 2021
PLYMOUTH, Minn. A group of parents gathered before the start of classes Thursday morning to welcome students back to Plymouth Middle School. Everyone had been in distance learning since Monday, when a 12-year-old student brought a gun to school and fired it into the ceiling.
Some stood on the sidewalk waving signs of support as buses and other parents dropped the students off. Others handed out snacks, and shared a kind word as those kids filed into the building.
Former Gopher Kim Royston was 1st on scene of shots fired at Plymouth Middle School
By FOX 9 Staff
PLYMOUTH, Minn. (FOX 9) - School officials say Plymouth Middle School assistant principal and former Minnesota Gophers football player Kim Royston was the first building administrator to arrive at an incident where a student fired a gun at the school Monday morning.
According to a statement from Robbinsdale Area Schools, a student brought a loaded gun to the school and discharged multiple shots toward the hallway ceiling before classes began Monday morning. No injuries were reported.
Student arrested after firing gun inside Plymouth Middle School
NYPD Chief Rodney Harrison Discusses Police Reform, Protests, Hate Crimes, Gun Violence And More With CBS2’s Maurice DuBois
CBS New York 4/2/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS New York
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) Thursday was the deadline for police departments across New York to submit plans for police reforms or risk losing state funds.
Chief Rodney Harrison, the NYPD’s highest ranking uniformed police officer, spoke with CBS2’s Maurice DuBois about reform, community policing and his rise to the top.
Harrison was sworn in as Chief of Department on March 30. He’s been an officer for nearly 30 years.
“Have you had a chance to let it sink in? You’re the guy now, Chief of Department. This is your gig. Have you had a chance to just stop and feel that?” DuBois asked.