Student brings confetti gun onto Dayton Public Schools bus, police say

DAYTON — UPDATE @ 10:04 a.m.:

Police responded to West Third and Wilkinson Street after a Dayton Public Schools bus driver called to report a student brought a gun on the bus, but after arriving authorities found it was a party popper that shoots confetti, according to the police report.

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The student who brought the party popper handed it off to another student who was removed from the bus for fighting after he began to shoot confetti at other people.

The student who shot the confetti was suspended from transportation services with Dayton Public Schools indefinitely and the academy agreed that the student should stay home today.

"This morning there was some concern that a student had a weapon on a school bus,” Dr. Elizabeth Lolli, superintendent of Dayton Public Schools said.

“The driver of the bus immediately contacted Dayton Police to investigate. It was determined the Montgomery Preparatory Academy student had a confetti party popper on the school bus. At no point was there a weapon on the bus. The safety of our students is our utmost priority."

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During the incident the driver reported hearing a student say something along the lines of, “Don’t shoot me with the gun,” according to the police report.

One student was checked by a medic after reportedly being injured from getting confetti in the eye, but the student did not receive medical transport and went to class as scheduled.

INITIAL REPORT:

A child told a bus driver he had a gun on a Dayton Public Schools bus this morning and threw it out the window, dispatch records show.

The bus driver reported the incident around 7:45 a.m. in the area of Third and Wilkinson streets.

According to dispatch records, the bus driver was not sure if the weapon was real or fake.

Police are still looking for the weapon the child told the driver about.

It’s unclear if anyone was taken into custody.

We’re working to learn more.