<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0uEZSt_0vi3M07p00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0uEZSt_0vi3M07p00" width="1320" height="743" >LANDOVER, Md. (7News) — The frightened and angry parents approached 7News outside Ochoa Middle School saying, in Spanish, that their daughter was the one threatened inside the school by a 13-year-old boy with a gun Monday.7News is protecting their identities because they fear retaliation for speaking out. They put their daughter on the phone to tell her story.“I was talking to this boy,” she said. "And the boy that had the gun told me I couldn’t talk to other boys or something was going to happen. And then he showed the gun.”Fortunately, she and other children who saw something said something. School security was able to seize the gun and ammunition from the boy’s bookbag. The 13-year-old is now facing charges.Prince George’s County Public Schools Chief Operating Officer Charoscar Coleman is praising the students who did the right thing and reported the gun. He also said Ochoa Middle will now be getting a gun detection system.“We are going to be installing the security enhancements at Ellen Ochoa and then we’re looking at our other middle schools in determining based on priorities and other factors whether or not we’ll move forward in other buildings,” said Coleman.We had scheduled an interview with Coleman before the Ochoa incident for an update on the effectiveness of the metal detectors Prince George's County Schools began installing a year ago following a number of incidents in schools. A year later, Coleman said the screeners are making a difference.“As we look at our data almost a year in, we are seeing a decrease in the number of weapons in our buildings that have been identified. We’re seeing a reduction in the number of things like vape pens that also can be detected so we see these devices as having an impact,” said Coleman. “Again, there is no magic bullet that will resolve all of the issues that are facing not just our school community but across our country but certainly it is a component of an overall security plan."Back at Ochoa Middle School, 7News shared with those parents and their daughter the news that weapons detectors will be installed. They’re still not sure she’ll feel safe enough to return to this school.“It was very scary," the girl said of the incident.</div></body>

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Parents speak out after girl threatened with gun at Prince George's County middle school

LANDOVER, Md. (7News) — The frightened and angry parents approached 7News outside Ochoa Middle School saying, in Spanish, that their daughter was the one threatened inside the school by a 13-year-old boy with a gun Monday. 7News is protecting their identities because they fear retaliation for speaking out. They...