Columbia Police find BB gun in stairwell at local high school

An officer found a BB gun Tuesday on the campus of a high school in Columbia.

According to a social media post from the Columbia Police Department, one of the department’s school resource officers was on a foot patrol at C.A. Johnson High School on Tuesday morning when they found a BB gun in a stairwell.

The officer got the BB gun and noted it did not have a cartridge or any pellets in it, according to the police department. There were no reported incidents involving the BB gun, police said.

The resource officer notified administrators and campus security at the school.

C.A. Johnson is located at 2219 Barhamville Road in Columbia. It has an enrollment of about 400 students.

This story was originally published September 6, 2022 at 12:41 PM.

Chris Trainor

The State

Chris Trainor is a retail reporter for The State and has been working for newspapers in South Carolina for more than 21 years, including previous stops at the (Greenwood) Index-Journal and the (Columbia) Free Times. He is the winner of a host of South Carolina Press Association awards, including honors in column writing, government beat reporting, profile writing, food writing, business beat reporting, election coverage, social media and more.