2 MCPS students arrested for alleged involvement in ‘gun incident’ in Silver Spring

SILVER SPRING, Md. ( DC News Now ) — Mongomery County school officials said two students were arrested after they were allegedly involved in a gun incident in Silver Spring on Sept. 3.

In a joint letter to John F. Kennedy High School, Odessa Shannon Middle School and Wheaton High School families, school officials said the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD) informed them of a “serious incident” in the community.

In the letter, school officials said police officers were called to the Glenmont Circle area for an incident involving a gun with no student injuries.

Details about the incident remain limited.

The investigation and any resulting actions are a police matter, not a school disciplinary matter, per the memorandum of understanding between Montgomery County Public Schools and the Montogomery County Police Department,”

said schools in the letter.

DC News Now has reached out to MCPD for more information.

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