Gun pulled in school bus dispute over Twinkies

LAFAYETTE, Ga. - Police in northwest Georgia mentioned a student on a university bus pulled an unloaded gun, threatened to use it and pulled the trigger while pointing it at an additional student in a dispute over a snack cake.

LaFayette Public Safety Director Tommy Freeman told the Chattanooga Times Free of charge Press the 14-year-old middle university student has been charged with aggravated assault, generating terroristic threats and possessing a weapon on college property.

No one was hurt inside the April 29 dispute that involved an unloaded .44-caliber revolver. Freeman explained students were "throwing Twinkies around and evidently had an altercation about it."

Freeman explained Wednesday that the terroristic threat charge stems from "when you verbally tell somebody you are going to kill them after which you take an action do do so."

"One from the victims knocked the gun out of his hand, after which the university bus driver contacted the school system," he explained.

Freeman explained an investigation is continuing. A hearing is set for Might 14.

He stated the teenager brought the unloaded weapon from home and "had ammo with him, but it didn’t fit that weapon."

A county schools spokeswoman proclaimed the student has not returned to college. His parents had been not charged.

Freeman said the gun threat is "just an additional instance of children having access to guns and not knowing the ramifications of having a gun and pointing it at an additional individual."

"Once the gun discharges, you can’t take it back," he mentioned.

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