Pickens Co. Sheriff’s Office investigate possible threat at Gordo High School

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GORDO, Miss. (WCBI) – A quick response by school officials defuses a possible campus crisis in Pickens County.

On the morning of February 21, school officials at Gordo High School were alerted to a possible threat at the school.

According to a Facebook post by the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office, administrators and School Resource Officers quickly investigated the matter.

They reportedly found one student with a firearm.

That student was immediately taken into custody.

What charges the student may be facing have not been released.

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