Boy apprehended after toy gun incident on bus
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A 13-year-old Monte Vista Middle School student was briefly detained Monday after a bus driver reported that the boy had a gun while aboard the bus.
The driver originally reported that the gun was real, but the boy, who threw it out the bus window after realizing the driver spotted him, told Riverside County sheriff’s deputies that it fired only small plastic balls. Deputies said they later retrieved it on a side street.
The incident is being referred to the district attorney’s juvenile prosecution unit for possible criminal charges.
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