Police Investigate Gun Buys On High School Campus

HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – Three students at Hempfield Area High School are under investigation after two gun buys happened on campus Monday. According to State police, all of the students under investigation are 15-year-old boys. State police said several students came forward and reported “observing transactions” between students involving guns. Initial interviews with witnesses revealed that one of the students brought two loaded handguns to school. He gave one gun to another teen on the school bus. The same student then met another student in the school’s bathroom and gave him the second gun. Two firearms were recovered in two students’ backpacks by school resources offices.  At this time, investigators have no reason to believe the three students were planning any sort of attack, said Trooper Greenfield. The investigation is still active and, so far, no charges have been filed. Students were released from school at normal dismissal time.