NORTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Police are investigating after ammunition was found in Norton Middle School on Wednesday, officials said.
Officers responded to the school at 3:30 p.m. after receiving reports that a student had been heard talking about trading five bullets to another student for electronic items.
Officials searched a specific students’ belongings and did not find ammunition, but a locker search after school dismissal found three rounds of .243 rifle ammunition, police said.
Officers searched the rest of the school and school officials canceled a winter concert planned for 7 p.m., police said. No other ammunition was found and no charges have been filed.
The incident is under investigation.
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